{"id":86454,"date":"2021-09-29T08:04:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T07:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=86454"},"modified":"2021-09-29T08:04:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T07:04:06","slug":"health-workers-begin-indefinite-strike-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/health-workers-begin-indefinite-strike-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Health workers begin indefinite strike Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1712216711609880849\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and the Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (AHPA), have stated that members across the country would commence an indefinite strike on Thursday, September 30.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe unions also urged the Federal Government to implement agreements made by the parties.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe unions made this known in a statement tagged \u201cWE ARE NOT STRIKE MONGERS, ACT NOW ON OUR 15-DAYS FRESH STRIKE NOTICE BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE\u201d and signed by its National Chairman Comrade Biobelemoye Josiah, which was made available to journalists on Tuesday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe statement read: \u201cWe wish to remind the Federal Government to act before it is too late on our fresh fifteen-day notice as contained in her communique issued on Friday 17th September, 2021 at the end of the last expanded National Executive Council meeting.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cIt will be recalled that the expanded NEC comprising of the Presidents and General Secretaries of affiliate unions and Professional Associations, NEC members of affiliate unions and JOHESU Chairmen and Secretaries at the State and Branch levels on Friday, September 17, 2021, critically appraised the reports of JOHESU negotiation and conciliation meetings with Federal Government since the declaration of the trade dispute through the earlier fifteen days strike notice issued on 2nd September 2021, which expired on 18th September 2021.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cIt is pertinent to draw the attention of the federal government to our fresh fifteen(15) days strike Notice, which is billed to expire in the next few days and for it to act to avoid the shutdown of hospitals and other healthcare facilities.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cWe wish also to inform the general public that our NEC noted the appeal from President Muhammadu Buhari on the need to show understanding with his administration and the President\u2019s pledge to pay any debt owed health workers. We would also wish to note some of the resolutions reached at the end of our meeting, to show that we are not strike mongers, but just for the federal government to act according to agreements reached.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cWe have asked the Federal Ministry of Health to ensure speedy circularisation of all establishment and welfare matters as agreed during negotiation meetings. We Equally asked the Federal Government to ensure that the new data for the computation of the adjusted Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) for JOHESU members be completed and submitted to the \u201cHigh Level Body\u201d (HLB) of the FG not later than Wednesday, 22nd September, 2021 as agreed.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cWe also urged the Federal Government to ensure that the \u201cHigh Level Body\u201d (HLB) complete and submit the computation of the adjusted CONHESS for inclusion in the 2022 budget on or before the 30th of September, 2021 submission window.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n&#8220;We charged the Federal Government to reciprocate the patriotic humanitarian gesture of JOHESU in the interest of the larger Nigerian masses to expeditiously resolve all the demands within the fifteen days window.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cWe unanimously adopted a resolution to step down the first notice of strike action which expired mid-night 17th September 2021 and issued a fresh notice of fifteen (15) days.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cWhile we push for better welfare and conditions of service for our members, we urge the federal government to reflect the promises of Mr President in the activities relating to our demands to ensure continuous industrial harmony in the health sector.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/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>The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and the Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (AHPA), have stated that members across the country would commence an indefinite strike on Thursday, September 30.&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":84276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86454","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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