{"id":403434,"date":"2018-02-22T08:45:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T08:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=403434"},"modified":"2018-02-22T12:48:07","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T12:48:07","slug":"jobless-veterinary-doctors-give-govt-1-month-ultimatum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/jobless-veterinary-doctors-give-govt-1-month-ultimatum\/","title":{"rendered":"Jobless veterinary doctors give gov\u2019t 1-month ultimatum"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Association of Junior Veterinary Surgeons has given government a one month ultimatum to begin the process of engaging them.<\/p>\n
Currently, about fifty two veterinary doctors are unemployed due to government\u2019s inability to absorb them into the system since 2016.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”DqKNHZ7w41a9MQ6WmyA2awRtwdtQFsif”]According to the President of the Association, Dr. Kwasi Agyei Safo, their role in contributing to the success of the agriculture sector has been undermined.<\/p>\n
He told Citi News<\/strong> they will resort to other means to express their displeasure if government fails to address their concerns.<\/p>\n \u201cWe finished our housemanship in August 2016 and we are home\u2026We have not been employed. The second batch has also finished in August 2017, but they have not been paid their housemanship salary let alone being employed. The third batch is yet to finish this August so the whole programme is an avalanche of issues that need to be taken care of by government and the Ministry as a whole.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have exhausted all diplomatic means talking to our veterinary doctors, talking to the Minister of Agriculture so the next option was to petition the President so we have petitioned the President. What I understand is that government does not see the implication of the process in our society because they think our job is to go and treat animals and come home.\u201d<\/p>\n