The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals, University College Hospital, Ibadan chapter, has commenced an indefinite strike over the alleged refusal of the hospital management to implement the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare’s recommendation on the disciplinary case involving the Director of Pharmaceutical Services, Dr Adeyinka Ishola
The union announced the industrial action in a letter addressed to members at the hospital saying it would commence on Today, Wednesday, September 16, 2026, following what it described as the failure of several efforts to resolve the dispute.
The dispute centres on the sale of a tricycle donated to the Pharmacy Department and the subsequent disciplinary action taken against Ishola.
The NUAHP Chairman, Oladayo Olabampe, said the union was demanding the implementation of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare’s recommendation that Ishola be reprimanded and reinstated.
Olabampe said an initial investigation conducted by the hospital had recommended that Ishola be suspended, with the recommendation forwarded to the ministry for ratification.
He said the ministry subsequently sent an independent investigative team to the hospital, which reached a different conclusion.
“The ministry, in its wisdom, sent a team of investigators to UCH to conduct an independent investigation. The panel found Dr Ishola not guilty of any fraudulent act but only guilty of not carrying the management along in the sale of the tricycle,” he said.
He added, “Rather than approving the dismissal recommended by UCH, the ministry, after a thorough investigation, recommended that the director be reprimanded and then reinstated.”
The union chairman accused the hospital management of refusing to implement the recommendation despite the ministry being its supervisory authority.
“We are, however, surprised that the UCH management is not pleased with this outcome and has, for months, refused to implement the verdict of its supervisory ministry,” Olabampe said.
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