A pay strike by doctors at government hospitals at Nigeria's main city entered a third day Wednesday but the authorities accused the strikers of "blackmail".
Ibrahim Olaifa, chairman of Lagos State Medical Guild, said the the strike was over wages and outdated facilities.
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A doctor who was beaten up on Tuesday is critically ill in a Lagos hospital, he alleged.
Lagos State government spokesman Segun Ayobolu told AFP that all the demands of the doctors have been met and that their strike was "sheer blackmail."
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Hakeem Bello, another senior government spokesman, said the strike was "needless, unwarranted and unethical."
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