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“The association wishes to state that, only members whose salaries are paid in full (with100% skipping) are exempted from starting the strike on June 9, following the intervention of the Speaker of the House of Representatives

He said: “Sixteen out of 58 federal tertiary institutions or centres were exempted from the initial centre-based strike for the commitment of the Chief Medical Director of the hospitals to implement the Federal Government’s directives.”

He said: “One of the major challenges is unrest in the health sector where the health personnel always go on strike to press for their demands.
“When medical workers go on strike, people will lose their lives and it will damage the reputation of this country

Supporting the passage of the bill, the Chairman of the assembly’s Committee on Health, Silas Okunola, said the bill was necessary for regulating smoking in designated places, including shopping centres, restaurants, public toilets and cinemas