The Joint Health Sector Unions
(JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (AHPA) have
issued a fresh notice of industrial action.
The notice confirms negotiations
with the government is still ongoing as the recent strike notice expired the
night of September 17.
JOHESU Acting General Secretary,
Matthew Ajorutu, said an Expanded National Executive Council (NEC) emergency
meeting of the unions was held on Friday.
In attendance were the Presidents
and General Secretaries of affiliate unions and professional associations, NEC
members of affiliate unions and JOHESU Chairmen and Secretaries at the state
and branch levels.
The session appraised the reports
of JOHESU negotiation and conciliation meetings with the federal government
since the declaration of the trade dispute through the 15 days strike notice
issued on September 2.
Ajorutu noted that NEC discussed
the appeal by President Muhammadu Buhari on the need to show understanding with
his administration and the pledge to pay any debt owed to health workers.
The scribe disclosed NEC received
and examined reports of congresses held at various health facilities across the
country on the mobilisation for the fresh strike notice starting September 18.
Ajorutu asked the Federal
Ministry of Health to ensure speedy circularisation of all establishment and
welfare matters as agreed during negotiation meetings.
The unions urged that the
computation of the adjusted Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) for
JOHESU members be completed and submitted to FG’s High-Level Body (HLB) not
later than September 22, as agreed.
”NEC-in-session urges the Federal
Government to ensure that the High-Level Body (HLB) completes and submits the
computation of the adjusted CONHESS for inclusion in the 2022 budget within the
Sept. 30th, submission window.
”NEC urges the Federal Government
to reciprocate the patriotic humanitarian gesture of JOHESU in the interest of
the larger Nigerian masses to expeditiously resolve all the demands within the
fifteen days window”, the joint statement added.
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