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The NLC has urged the Federal Government to engage the services of technocrat, seasoned administrators to mediate on the on-going strike by the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU). Dr Ayuba Waba, NLC President gave the recommendation at the ground finale of the International Nurses Week on Saturday in Abuja. The International Nurses Week is commemorated annually from May 6 to May 12. The theme of this year’s event is: “Nurses: A voice to lead. Health is a human right.” Waba identified the disparity in dealing with issues of workers’ welfare as the central point of the lingering crisis in the health sector. “I recommend that the Federal Government should look for seasoned administrators, technocrat to mediate in the contest. “”When neutral people, seasoned stakeholders are allowed to come in they will give the government a better recommendation. “”Seasoned administrators abound in the civil service; they will be able to say what is right and wrong and we should be able to abide by

Nurses, pharmacists, medical laboratory scientists and other workers under the umbrella of the Joint Health Section Unions in Federal Government owned hospitals across the country have begun an indefinite strike. The workers said on Wednesday morning they had to resort to the strike to press home their demands because the FG had refused to act on   the agreements reached with them when they suspended their last strike on the same issue of adjustment of Consolidate Health Salary Structure and payment  of arrears of CONHESS 10 over six months ago. The National Vice Chairman of JOHESU,  Dr. Obinna Ogbonna, who declared the strike after addressing a congress of the union at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile Ife, said it was painful that while the FG had implemented the salary structure for medical doctors, other members of the unions had been neglected since 2009. Apart from the upward adjustment of CONHESS,  he said the government had also failed to employ add

Doctors attending to patients at National Hospital The Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, has announced an indefinite strike that, it says, will paralyse activities in all health institutions across the country. “All federal government health institutions in Nigeria including federal medical centres, specialists’ hospitals, orthopedic hospitals, psychiatric hospitals among others will be the first to shut down. If the government allows the strike to continue after two weeks, all the states and local government health institutions will now join,” the National Vice Chairman of JOHESU, Ogbonna Chimela, told PREMIUM TIMES on Monday. The members of JOHESU are hospital workers, including nurses and pharmacists, but excluding medical doctors and dentists. Mr Chimela said the strike will commence from midnight on Tuesday. JOHESU embarked on a nationwide strike last September to protest among other issues, salary adjustments, promotion arrears, and improved work environment for its m

The Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU has intimated of the looming strike in the Health sector from the 17th of next month if the federal government fails to honour the terms of agreements with the Union at different fora since 2009 especially the agreement reached on the 30th of September, 2017 which had a time frame of five weeks. The Union at a sensitization and mobilization meeting held with its members nationwide at the premises of the Jos University Teaching Hospital, JUTH urged members to brace up for the tough time ahead stressing that even if government adopt the no work, no pay policy, the strike will be total until all demands are met. Addressing the members shortly after paying a visit to the Chief Medical Director, CMD of JUTH, Professor Edmund Banwat, the National Vice-Chairman of JOHESU, Dr. Ogbonna Obinna reminded them that no one forced the federal government to enter into the agreements with the Union, hence if the Union kept their parts by calling off earlier stri