Nigeria health workers under the canopy of Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Health Care Professionals (JOHESU) have declared a 7-day warning strike, beginning from midnight today.
The workers had earlier given the federal government a 15-day notice of industrial action, against the backdrop of their demands, which have been pending for some time.
JOHESU’s national chairman, Kabiru Minjibir, who spoke to newsmen in Abuja, the nation’s capital, listed the union’s key demands, which include the immediate implementation of the consolidated health salary structure, payment of a 25 percent review of arrears from June to December 2023.
The health workers also demanded the upward review of retirement age, tax waiver on healthcare workers’ allowances, and the immediate payment of COVID-19 inducement hazard allowance.
The union directed all its members across the country to comply with the strike directive immediately.
