President Bola Tinubu has urged the Joint Health Sector Union, an affiliate of the Nigeria Labour Congress, JOHESU, to call off the strike and allow its members, health workers asides doctors and dentists, to return to work.
In a statement by the Director of Information, State House, Abiodun Oladunjoye, the president urged the striking workers to return to work.
“The health sector is one sector with a commitment to humanity. We will resolve all the problems. Trust must be enshrined in all discussions.
“I promise you we will accelerate this. We will resolve all the issues. Please go back to work”, Tinubu appealed to the union leaders.
The President reiterated that his administration will revive and restore public confidence in the health sector in Nigeria.
He harped on the importance of the health sector and professionals in the sector as one of the commitment to humanity, promising to resolve all identified problems plaguing the system for optimum performance.
Acting Chairman, JOHESU, Dr. Obinna Ogbonna, pleaded with President Tinubu to pay attention to healthcare delivery system in Nigeria through adequate investment in healthcare infrastructure and better welfare for workers in the sector to stop brain drain.
“Mr. President, now that we have assurance from the top, we are encouraged to go back and talk to our members with a view to going back to work”, Ogbonna said.
A member of the Executive Council of the Union, Olumide Akintayo, who accompanied the Acting Chairman to the meeting urged the Federal Government to always respond to Labour issues and nip them in the bud before they become full blown industrial crisis.
Credible News recalls that JOHESU had embarked on an indefinite strike on Thursday, 25 May after issuing a 15-day ultimatum to the Nigerian government over an allegation of “inconsistencies in the ongoing negotiations to adjust the Consolidated Health Salary Structure for health workers”.
