Strike: Health workers issue 15-day ultimatum to FG

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Health workers under the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professionals have issued the Federal Government a 15-day ultimatum to implement demands.

Nigeria medical practitioners to embark on strike

JOHESU workers include the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals, and the Senior Staff Association of Universities.

Others are the teaching Hospitals, Research Institutions and Associated Institutions, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions.

Mr Kabir Minjibir, National President of JOHESU, issued the ultimatum in a memo he jointly signed with Mr Martin Engbanubi Secretary of the association.

The memo was addressed to the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ali Pate, on Thursday in Abuja.

Minjibir said that the union would embark on a nationwide strike in the next 15 days, should the Federal Government fail to resolve its pending welfare issues.

According to him, JOHESU is constrained to give the Federal Government 15 days ultimatum with effect from Thursday.

He said that the union was also informing the minister that its members would embark on a strike with effect from midnight of Friday, October 25.

” All our members in the Federal Health Institutions shall embark on seven days strike action.

“Sir, you will agree with us that JOHESU has always exhibited maturity, selflessness, and patriotism .

“This is even in the face of extreme provocations and the government’s long delay in meeting the demands of workers under JOHESU, and we think that our maturity and patriotism have been taken for granted.

 

 

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