Health workers at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, have started an indefinite strike. The strike began on Monday and was declared by the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU)
This development comes while resident doctors at the hospital are already on a separate strike, which has now lasted 17 days.
According to reports from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), all the hospital gates were shut except the main entrance, which was guarded by JOHESU members.
JOHESU includes several unions such as the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP), the Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research and Academic Institutions (SSAUTHRAI), the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN), and the Non-Academic Staff of Universities and Research Institutions.
The unions are demanding a salary adjustment for workers under the Consolidated Health Salary Scale (CONHESS). They say this should have been done just as the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) was adjusted in 2014.
UCH JOHESU Chairman, Oladayo Olabampe, said the strike was ordered by the national leadership because the Federal Government has failed to meet their demands.
He explained that when the two salary systems were created, there was an agreement that they would be reviewed together. However, while CONMESS has been adjusted, CONHESS has not changed since 2014.
“There is no going back until the demand is met. All we want is for the Federal Government to adjust CONHESS the same way CONMESS was adjusted,” he said.
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This is shameful
As always 🙄