The President made the pledge while having an audience with leaders of Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), an affiliate of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Monday in Abuja.
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The National Vice Chairman of JOHESU, Obinna Ogbonna, revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday.
The unions had earlier threatened to disrupt normal services in hospitals and other health care facilities across the country over Federal Government’s inability to meet their members demands.
Biobelemoye Josiah, JOHESU National Chairman, reiterated the call in a press statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja.
The Minster of Labour, Employment and Productivity, Dr. Chris Ngige, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja
Biobelemonye Josiah, JOHESU’s National President, said this in a letter addressed to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, and other relevant stakeholders on Saturday in Abuja.
Ugwuanyi made the announcement when he addressed a delegation from the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), comprising members of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) and Medical and Health Workers Sector Union of Nigeria (MHWUN), at the Government House, Enugu.
The stay-at-home directive is contained in a letter the union addressed to Prof. Kayode Olabanji, Chief Medical Director, Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital.
Josiah Biobelemoye, JOHESU National Chairman, made this known in a statement at the end of its expanded National Executive Council meeting on Sunday in Abuja.
Mr Biobelemoye Josiah, the JOHESU Chairman, said this during a news conference in Abuja on Monday.
This was contained in a letter to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, and signed by the Chairman and Acting Secretary of the union, Biobelemoye Josiah and Matthew Ajorutu, on Tuesday in Abuja.
Consequently, some of the health workers under the aegis of Joint Health Sector Union and the Assembly of Healthcare Professionals are to receive their salary on or before May 22, 2020, which will be Friday.
The Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria has called on the Accountant General of the Federation to pay up the April and May salary of its workers.
Morounkeji Adeleye, the Chairman, Joint Health Sector Union, Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Osun, on Thursday decried the discrimination and injustice which its members were been subjected to in the state.
The Joint Health Sector Union has urged the Federal Government to rotate the appointment of the country’s Health Ministers amongst health workers.
The Joint Health Sector Unions has rejected plans by the Federal Government to privatise public health institutions.
Dr Liasu Ahmed, the Chief Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, has appealed to health workers in the centre to allow Lassa fever patients receive medical treatment.
The Joint Health Sector Union, Federal Medical Centre, Owo chapter, on Monday called on the Federal Government to redeem its pledge of implementing all agreements between them.
The Joint Health Sector Unions, Jos University Teaching Hospital chapter, has called for an end to alleged injustice and marginalisation of its members.
The Joint Health Sector Union on Monday issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to meet its demands.