The doctors have been on strike for four months and have vowed to continue the strike until their demands are met.
The placard-carrying doctors in their numbers marched from the popular OSAMDO house to the state House of Assembly complex, where they were received by the lawmakers, led by the deputy speaker of the house.
The doctors expressed worries that the lawmakers had failed to intervene since the crisis started.
The NMA State Chairman, Suraj Ogunyemi, lamented the level of hardship faced by the doctors due to the non-payment of their salaries since September 2015, saying private medical practitioners would be forced to join the strike, if nothing was done.
According to him, NMA Osun was constrained to embark on a three-day sympathy strike commencing on Wednesday.
He noted that all doctors working with the Federal Teaching Hospitals in the state, would be involved in the strike action.
Addressing the protesters,the Deputy Speaker of the House, Akintunde Adegboye, appealed to the doctors to be patient, promising that the house would look into the matter.
He called on the executive members of the NMA to come for dialogue on Wednesday so as to find a solution to the problem.
In a statement released by the Osun State government on Tuesday, they described protest as “mere blackmail” by the striking members of the Nigerian Medical Association in the state.
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