The Joint Health Sector Unions, Jos University Teaching Hospital chapter, has called for an end to alleged injustice and marginalisation of its members.
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When the News Agency of Nigeria visited the Centre on Friday, chairman of JOHESU in the hospital, Hamza Abdurrahman, and the Managing Director of the Centre, Prof. Idris Suleiman, were unavailable to comment on the situation.
Wabba said this while fielding questions from newsmen shortly after the union suspended its six weeks nationwide strike on Thursday in Abuja.
The NCWS National President, Gloria Shoda, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, called for a peaceful resolution to the stalemate.
Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Osogbo, Adewole said that Federal Government was not happy with the strike.
Addressing an emergency news conference on behalf of the national body of JOHESU in Abuja, Dr Godwin Okara, the Chairman, Assembly of Healthcare Professionals Association, said the notice was served on the union at 5.39 p.m on Friday (May 25).
A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria reports that there was commotion and panic around the main entrance of the hospital following attempts by the union to enforce total compliance to their protracted strike.
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Dominic Ukpong, issued the warning while fielding questions from newsmen in Uyo on Thursday.
The Chairman of the association, Dr. Tokunbo Olajumoke, and Secretary, Dr. Olalekan Ajayi, in a press statement said the striking members of the Joint Health Sector Union were employing violence to create the impression that it was impossible for the hospital to exist without them
The Minister, who made the appeal on Tuesday in Abuja, said information from field officers of the Ministry of Labour and Employment indicate that the unions were yet to comply with the court order.
The General Secretary of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, Silas Adamu, dropped the hint in Lokoja during a sensitisation meeting with members of JOHESU in the North Central zone.
The FCT NMA Chairman, Dr Chiedozie Achonwa, said this it at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday.
Prof. Bashir Tahir, the Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Maiduguri.
Reacting to the judgement, the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, said government had already put in place a reconciliatory process towards amicable settlement of the trade dispute with JOHESU.
The President of the court had on Thursday directed the union to restore normal healthcare services across the nation within 24 hours, following an expert motion filed instituted by an NGO in Abuja.
Josiah Biobelemoye, Chairman of the union, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja.
Justice Babatunde Adejumo gave the order after listening to the submissions of Okere Nnamdi, in an ex-parte motion filed by a non-governmental organisation.
The union had on April 18, embarked on industrial action due to the “insensitivity and lackadaisical attitude of drivers of the health sector”.
The State Chairman of NMA, Dr. Cajetan Onyedum, made the disclosure in Enugu on Monday while addressing newsmen on the lingering strike by the union.
Dr Ayuba Waba, NLC President, gave the recommendation at the ground finale of the International Nurses Week on Saturday in Abuja.