Health workers have began an indefinite strike nationwide.
The health workers are under the auspices of the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, and the Assembly of Health Care Professional Association, AHPA who constitute over ninety percent of staff of the various health facilities.
Their action is coming barely one week after Resident Doctors called off a five day warning strike.
The National Vice Chairman of JOHESU, Dr. Obinna Ogbonna, explained that the action became necessary as the federal government failed to meet its demands.
The unions’ demands are the immediate approval and implementation of the Technical Committee Report on CONHESS adjustment, immediate payment of the omission and shortfall in the COVID-19 hazard/inducement allowances of affected health workers.
Others includes immediate and unconditional implementation of the Pharmacist Consultant cadre; and the implementation of the increase in the retirement age from sixty to sixty-five years and seventy years for consultants in the health professions.
Dr. Obgonna said that the strike affects all Federal health institutions and states that have similar issues.