{"id":125473,"date":"2026-02-07T07:05:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T06:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=125473"},"modified":"2026-02-07T07:05:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T06:05:25","slug":"johesu-suspends-strike-after-fg-talks-cites-fresh-commitments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/johesu-suspends-strike-after-fg-talks-cites-fresh-commitments\/","title":{"rendered":"JOHESU Suspends Strike After FG Talks, Cites Fresh Commitments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Lizzy Chirkpi<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has suspended its nationwide strike after 84 days, following renewed negotiations with the Federal Government aimed at resolving long-standing welfare and salary disputes in the health sector.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The decision was taken at an expanded emergency meeting of JOHESU\u2019s National Executive Council (NEC) held in Abuja on Friday. Union leaders reviewed the outcome of a conciliation meeting with government representatives at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment a day earlier.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a communiqu\u00e9 issued at the end of the meeting, JOHESU said the industrial action was halted to give room for the implementation of agreements reached with the government.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe strike has been suspended to allow for the implementation of the FG-JOHESU Terms of Settlement reached at the conciliation meeting,\u201d the union stated, adding that the decision was taken in the interest of patients and the health system.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">JOHESU explained that the strike was initially embarked upon due to unresolved issues including salary adjustments, payment of outstanding allowances, the review of the Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS), and what it described as the continued marginalisation of non-physician health workers.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the communiqu\u00e9, the government \u201cmade concrete commitments with specific timelines for the resolution of the union\u2019s outstanding demands,\u201d which informed the suspension of the action.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The union further noted that it had resolved to \u201cclosely monitor the implementation process to ensure full compliance with all agreements reached,\u201d warning that failure by the government to honour the terms would attract a renewed response.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe remain committed to defending the rights and welfare of our members and will not hesitate to take further action should the government renege on its promises,\u201d the statement added.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prolonged strike had crippled services in public hospitals nationwide, forcing many patients to turn to private health facilities or go without adequate medical care.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the suspension now in effect, public hospitals and health institutions are expected to resume full operations, offering relief to millions of Nigerians affected by the nearly three-month disruption.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lizzy Chirkpi The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has suspended its nationwide strike after 84 days, following renewed negotiations with the Federal Government aimed at resolving long-standing welfare and&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":125474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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