{"id":83409,"date":"2021-07-09T20:28:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T19:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=83409"},"modified":"2021-07-09T20:28:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T19:28:30","slug":"withdraw-your-strike-notices-fg-tells-resident-doctors-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/withdraw-your-strike-notices-fg-tells-resident-doctors-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Withdraw your strike notices, FG tells resident doctors, others"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nThe Federal Government has directed the National Association of Resident Doctors and the Joint Health Sector Unions to withdraw their strike notices immediately.<\/p>\n

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said this at a news conference in Abuja on Friday.<\/p>\n

Ngige was addressing newsmen at the end of a meeting with the Presidential Committee on Salaries, relevant Federal Government stakeholders and health sector professional associations and trade unions.<\/p>\n

He said that the Federal Government was recently issued notice of trade disputes by NARD and JOHESU.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told them to withdraw because it is arm-twisting. It is not allowed in International Labour Organisation Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiation. So, we expect them to withdraw those notices they gave.<\/p>\n

\u201cJOHESU gave 15-day ultimatum with effect from June 28. NARD gave 28-day ultimatum from when the day they had their National Executive Council.<\/p>\n

\u201dThose things are arm twisting and I told them that they must withdraw them because the issues they are bringing in here are tangential issues.<\/p>\n

\u201dThey have nothing to do with this discussion on fixing a new hazard allowance for health professionals and workers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The minister said that the Federal Government would take the final decision on the new hazard allowance for health workers.<\/p>\n

He said that the government\u2019s side allowed enough time for the Nigerian Medical Association and JOHESU to harmonise their different positions on the hazard allowance but they were not able to do so.<\/p>\n

He, however, said the matter would be returned to the National Salaries, Wages and Incomes Commission and the Presidential Committee on Salaries to decide on the new hazard allowance for health professionals and workers.<\/p>\n

According to Ngige, the government is treading cautiously in order not to be seen as trying to stampede the health workers since the matter concerns money.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cWe will have separated them into JOHESU and NMA but that will give us much problem in terms of the implementation of whatever we agree on.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, we are taking them jointly and it is yielding fruits now. The two big bodies have given their final positions. The government has taken their final positions back.<\/p>\n

\u201dWe have also allowed them time to see if they can discuss among themselves like they did just before COVID-19 and we came out with COVID-19 allowance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have given them that time to see if they can meet and harmonise their positions but they are not able to do so.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are adjourning this meeting sine die for the government side to look at those two positions to see whether we can do a middle of the road within our organ, the NSIWC, which by its mandate, is the government organ that fixes salaries, wages, allowances and remuneration,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ngige recalled that the Federal Government earlier offered the health workers 300 per cent increment on hazard allowances, which amounted to N37.5 billion.<\/p>\n

He said that they were trying to work within that realm of N37.5 billion, following the inability of the unions to harmonise their different positions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a teething problem because everybody has CBAs and we are now renegotiating the CBAs.<\/p>\n

\u201dThere are CBAs in 2006, 2009, 2013 and even court pronouncements by the National Industrial Court, especially on work value and equal pay. These are things we will put in a basket and decide,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Those present at the meeting were the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Enahire; Ministers of State, Clems Agba (Finance Budget and Planning) and Olorunimbe Mamora (Health).<\/p>\n

Others are the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Abdulaziz Abdulahi and his Labour and Employment counterpart, Peter Yerima-Tarfa.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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