The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has declared a seven-day warning strike starting at midnight on July 29, 2025, citing the federal government’s failure to address long-standing demands.
The announcement follows a 15-day ultimatum issued on July 14, warning of industrial action if the government did not act on critical issues affecting nurses and midwives nationwide.
Jama Medan, NANNM’s Federal Capital Territory chairman, told reporters in Abuja that the union is mobilizing members across all healthcare levels for the strike.
“If the federal government still does not respond after the strike, we will decide the next line of action,” Medan stated, signaling potential escalation if demands remain unmet.
The union’s grievances include the government’s failure to gazette the nurses’ scheme of service, approved in 2016 by the National Council on Establishments in Minna, Niger State, and to implement a January 27, 2012, National Industrial Arbitration Court judgment.
NANNM is also demanding an upward review of professional allowances, the recruitment of additional nursing personnel, and the provision of adequate equipment in health facilities.
Further demands include establishing a Department of Nursing in the Federal Ministry of Health, integrating nurses into leadership roles in health policy-making, ensuring fair representation on federal health institution boards, centralizing internship postings for graduate nurses, and recognizing nurses and midwives as consultants.
The union also called for the withdrawal of a recent circular on reviewed health workers’ allowances, which it described as “grossly inadequate and discriminatory.
”NANNM publicized the strike through social media, warning of disruptions in government-owned health facilities nationwide.
“The federal government has refused to improve the healthcare sector by addressing our demands,” the statement read, urging the public to prepare for reduced service delivery.
The strike adds to Nigeria’s ongoing healthcare challenges, with potential impacts on patient care and hospital operations. As the deadline approaches, all eyes are on the federal government’s response to avert further strain on an already stretched healthcare system.
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