Health sector crisis deepens as JOHESU prepares for strike

The Nigerian government had promised a special COVID-19 hazard and inducement allowance of 50 per cent of Consolidated Basic Salary to health workers in federal health institutions and designated COVID-19 centres.The government had also promised frontline health workers life insurance, but this promise has not been kept, according to the president of the NARD, Aliyu Sokomba, who announced the resumption of an industrial action by the doctors on Monday.

But the federal government faulted the doctors’ decision, saying more than half of their demands have been addressed.The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, in a statement, on Monday, said the government “had already addressed six out of eight demands of the striking doctors”.

Since 2014, JOHESU has been engaging the government over some of the aforementioned demands asides those that have to do with COVID-19. This has resulted in strike actions over the period. To avoid a repeat of such a scenario, JOHESU president, Mr Josiah, in Monday statement called on “statesmen, traditional rulers, and religious bodies to proactively engage the government to hid to their demands within the lifespan of pending ultimatum”.

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