By OLASUNKANMI AKONI & MONSUR OLOWOOPEJO
IKEJA—Lagos State House of Assembly has invited representatives of the striking doctors in the state’s public health institutions and the Commissioner for Health Dr. Jide Idris, to appear before it today, as part of efforts to resolve the impasse between the parties.

It will be recalled that doctors in public hospitals in Lagos under the aegis of Medical Guild had embarked on an indefinite strike, following disagreement between them and  the state government.

Several lives had been lost to the ongoing strike, as the doctors are not on their duty posts to attend to the sick.

Meanwhile, Governor Babatunde Fashola has appealed to  Lagos residents to be calm, assuring that a lasting solution was in sight.

He said: “Let me apologise to all Lagosians suffering from this situation that we find ourselves. Since 2002, government has work to improve conditions under which doctors and nurses work in the hospitals, theatre clinics and even the school of nursing.

“Hospitals don’t save lives, it is people who do so and I assure you that we will end this strike soon.”

However, placard- carrying protesters, led by one Mr. Sesan Sobande, stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly, weekend, calling on the lawmakers to intervene and find immediate end to the doctors’ strike in the interest of the suffering masses.

Speaker of the House of Assembly, Mr. Adeyemi Ikuforiji, who was initially prevented from entering the Assembly Complex by the protesters, who barricaded the entrance, promised to resolve the impasse between the parties by today, saying that the House had stepped in to find a solution.