Nigeria, May 8 -- Since the beginning of the year, the management of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, have 'short-changed' their medical interns in the payment of their monthly remuneration, the students have said.

The graduate interns, who are not pleased with the development, responded by protesting for the past three weeks.

The affected medical interns include dieticians, radiographers, pharmacists, nurses, and physiotherapists.

According to the standard pay slip obtained by our correspondent, intern pharmacists are entitled to a monthly pay of N128, 000; nurses and dieticians should get N99,000; @ radiographer is expected to take N127, 000 and physiotherapists should get the same.

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