Crisis as nurses, pharmacists declare indefinite strike over FG’s refusal to fulfil salary agreement
Nurses and pharmacists in all public hospitals have declared an indefinite strike over the refusal of the FG to act on the agreements reached with them over six months ago.
The strike also includes all medical laboratory scientists and other workers under the Joint Health Section Unions in Federal Government owned hospitals across the country.
The body had suspended their last strike on the same issue of adjustment of Consolidate Health Salary Structure and payment of arrears of CONHESS.
The group declared the indefinite strike at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile Ife, on Wednesday.
They 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.
They also accused the Federal Government of failing to employ additional health professionals, upwardly review of retirement age from 60 years to 65 and failure to implement a particular court judgment.
The group’s Vice Chairman, Dr. Obinna Ogbonna, said the unions first gave the FG a 21-day ultimatum but no action was taken adding that after that another strike notice of 30 working days was given but there was no effort to implement the agreement by the FG.
“Consequent upon this, therefore, JOHESU has no other choice than to proceed on an indefinite nationwide strike as from the midnight of Tuesday 17th April, 2018, which is the spiraling of the notice of strike,” he said.
