Public healthcare workers, under the Joint Health Sector Union, have given the Federal Government a 15-day deadline to resolve outstanding issues or face the possibility of another strike.
According to Channels, a statement co-signed by the union’s national chairman and secretary, JOHESU expressed dissatisfaction with the government’s failure to meet their demands, despite the suspension of their strike in June 2023, after assurances from President Bola Tinubu to intervene.
Among their demands are the payment of outstanding COVID-19 hazard allowances, a tax waiver on healthcare workers’ allowances, and the halt of plans to establish a regulatory agency for national health facilities.
JOHESU previously went on strike from May 19 to June 6, 2023, significantly disrupting services in public hospitals before halting the industrial action based on Tinubu’s commitment to address their concerns.
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