Health workers under the Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Health Care Professionals (JOHESU) have been directed to proceed on a seven-day warning strike, commencing from midnight on Friday. The National Chairman of the Union, Kabiru Minjibir while addressing journalists in Abuja, added that the strike comes after a fifteen day notice of industrial action issued to the Federal Government. Minjibir highlighted some of their demands to include immediate implementation of the Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS), payment of a twenty-five percent review of its arrears from June to December 2023.
The union also demands upward review of retirement age for health workers, tax waiver on healthcare workers allowances, and the immediate payment of COVID-19 inducement hazard allowance, among others.
The body therefore calls on all its members across the country to comply with the directive.
