I thought this issue has been resolved? Abeg they shouldn't do this is ooo because we are heading to 20th when WHO would declare us Ebola free..well here is the news...

Health workers in the country will begin an indefinite strike on Thursday (today) over sundry issues, including the unresolved leadership crisis in the health sector, non-commencement of residency training programme for health professionals, non-implementation of new call duty allowance and non-payment of arrears.

National President of Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals, Felix Faniran, who announced the commencement of the strike in Ibadan on Wednesday, accused the presidency and Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, as being behind the crisis in the health sector.

Faniran said, “In May 2010, the unions in the health sector under the auspices of Joint Health Sector Unions presented a memorandum to the government containing some demands. A presidential panel headed by Justice Abdulahi Bello Gusau was set up in August to look into the demands. This panel was inhibited from carrying out its duties by both the Nigerian Medical Association and the Minister of Health by way of protests and criticisms on the part of NMA while the minister obstructed the committee by starving it of funds and issuance of circulars to pre-empt the outcome of the panel.

“The panel managed to submit its report in November, 2011, but till date none of the 27 recommendations of the panel has been implemented. It should be noted that another panel, the Ministerial Committee on Medical/Dental Practitioners Residency Programmes, which was set up the same day with Abdulahi Bello’s committee, did not only complete and submit its report as scheduled, its recommendations are already being implemented.”

He added that the five-point agreement signed between the government and the health workers’ union in May, 2012, was yet to be implemented by the government.

He explained, “These include the promotion of our qualified members to the post of Directors in the Federal Ministry of Health and parastatals; extension of retirement age from 60-65 years and 70 years for non-consultants respectively; and constitution of the management of boards of hospitals to reflect good presence of other health care professionals rather than the present situation where only medical practitioners dominate each board with 10 members out of 13 members.”

The effect of the strike should be blamed on government that ignored all avenues to avert it, the NUAHP president said.

http://www.punchng.com/news/health-workers-begin-nationwide-strike-today/

For what Are they high
They should do their jobs jor!! Didn't they sign oath of bla bla bla? They are people that should even work for charitable reasons not financial gratification being the utmost priority. Government should simply privatize the health sector sef, lets hear word finally then we know who is who...





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Ladies and gentlemen, beware of BUHARI... He has no good thought for NIGERIA

These health sector people sha. Wetin dey do them sef?

Nigerians Workers and strike!!!! Always fighting the govt @the expense of the Masses....


The government on their own can never have a peaceful negotiation n keep to it...

Nigeria is becoming a problematic country...

Of course, the elephant in the room is the funding problem in the health sector.

Government runs too many hospitals, and does not spend up to 10% of the budget funding all of them. And most of the funding goes to salaries.

The reality is that Govt does not want to increase the amount health gets in the budget...and at the same time does not want to increase hospital fees.

So, we have a lot of problems....and no solution in sight.

Strike-laden sector. Perhaps privatization will come to the rescue. If not johesu,its nma & its continually swung over all year round like a pendulum.

They want to complicate people diseases, health workers are a bunch of heartless fools

Pls, let's kick this bower-hat dumbassed clown outta Aso Rock abeg..

E don do..

Nigerian Workers going on strike since 19BC always fighting our greedy and selfish government over unfulfilled promises at the expense of the Masse.

Ok

This Health Workers and Strike Nawa oooooooooh

Pls The Government Should Give them all our Oil revenue for this year lets if they Can be Satisfied With It.

Are they d Only Federal government workers in Nigeria?

Mtscheeeeeew

Is that JOHESU or NMA?

chai...Selfish Health workers!,

They should not go oo... Ebola does not like strike.... Ebola would be like ok, since they have gone on strike i would return back to naija.

E NO GO BETTER FOR GOD WICKED THING THAT MADE ME LOOSE ALL I HAD

LordMecuzy:
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see you! can u survive competition lyk dis?

Hian! This strike in the health sector is becoming an every day tonic. Now wey prof onyebuchi wan commot, hope the next minister wont be doing another mass sacking. I don tire sef. which one be NUAHP again?

Ok, health workers not Doctors. Important work can still go on in our hospitals.

Oh God!

MuguliciousMUGU:
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ur username says it all.

Those people sef.... There is Goooodu o

too bad

Wetin again?

strike again... I thought their grievances has been addressed.

Are these guysbthe same ppl called JOHESU? So many names sef.

These people no dey tire ni

Their shakara don too much

happykidArotiba:
see you! can u survive competition lyk dis?

Lol guy to make am no easy.

CircleOfWilis:
They want to complicate people diseases, health workers are a bunch of heartless fools

y won't we ever value what we have.... Until we eventually loose it...

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