29/01/2026
Open Letter for Ethippina prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali
As it is known and we are appealing we the Medical Professionals working in Oromia are currently going out to the Field after a long period of patience when everything is beyond our control. The main reason for this is the Violation of the federal laws under two circumstances
1.Under the previous working process, duty payment was paid at the person's salary rate.Despite this, the Federal Government last year made a salary increament for its employees Including health professionals. We are very grateful to the federal Government for it and while this law is in place, the Oromia Health Bureau and Oromia Regional Government have clear violated the law of the country verbally by saying that you should be paid duty with the old an salary scale. This is the main reason why the Oromia Health Professionals are went to demonstration. For this reason, we are in the 5th month since the duty payment was stopped. If we go out to express our problems, our professionals in various places are being threatened, beaten, insulted and arrested.
2.As it is recalled, the Federal Civil Service Commission of Ethiopia has implemented the new duty payment scale wich shold be started on Tehasas 6,2018. Therefore, some States and the Health Bureau of other regions as well as Hospitals under the Ministry of Health have already implemented the new directive.So Dear Prime Minister Abiy Ahimed (PHD)We Know that the Country you are ruling is governed by one law and we believe that the regional States will take direction from the Federal Government and conduct the work and Practice. The basis of our question stems from this. How is the law passed by the federal government violated at the regional level ? And how can the laws of a State be broken by one person's Word? So that is what has taken us to the streets.The law has been broken in both the above forms and the duty payment has not been paid to us for the last four months. Therefore, the problem of the health professional of Oromia is not a problem of good governance. Furthermore, the only thing behind the Question that the Oromia health professional is now raising is Hunger and Hunger only
C/C
Oromia Health Bureau
Office of the Prime Minister-Ethiopia
Ministry of Health,Ethiopia
Civil Service Commission
Oromia President Office