The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, has directed the governing boards of federal tertiary health institutions to convene emergency meetings of boards and order back to work striking health workers.
According to a press statement issued by the ministry on Monday, the minister also had an emergency meeting with the medical directors and chief medical directors of tertiary hospitals to review the status of services being rendered at the various health institutions in view of the ongoing strike.
The minister, in the statement signed by the Director, Media and Public Relations, Boade Akinola, said anyone who fails to resume after the directives of the governing boards, would be considered to have absconded from duty without leave.
This, he said is a serious misconduct in line with the Public Service rule 030413.

The health workers across secondary and tertiary health institutions in the country have been on strike for 41 days . Their demands include increment in salary and increase in retirement age of health workers.
The health workers, members of the union, JOHESU, have also accused Mr Adewole, a medical doctor of bias; and called for his sack. This followed the threat by doctors that should the government heed the demands of JOHESU, doctors would commence a nationwide strike.
The workers strike has paralysed health service delivery across most health institutions. Doctors have been the only health professionals attending to patients. This, however has not been effective causing most ill people to seek medical attention at private health institutions.
Mr Adewole said monitoring teams were dispatched to tertiary hospitals to access the activities in various hospitals and reports were presented at the meeting.

“The report revealed that some hospitals were doing well in providing care to the people while others have performed below expectation,” he said.
The minister commended the facilities that are offering full services using locum staff and volunteers and directed immediate restoration of full services in all the other facilities.
He singled out facilities in North-east, North-west and South-south zones of the country for outstanding performance.
Mr Adewole said there was no reason why each hospital should not have one ward per specialty open for operation.
He said one gynaecology ward, one obstetrics ward, one paediatric ward, one surgical ward and one medical ward should be kept functioning immediately in facilities that are yet to do so.
“The clinics must run, theatre must be opened; there is no reason why they should lock your theatre. No one has the right to lock up government hospitals,” the minister said.
Mr Adewole also maintained that everyone who participated in the strike would not be paid for the period of the strike even if the strike is called off.

“We want you to go back and restore services in your various institutions immediately,” he said.
The minister urged heads of the governing boards to take charge of their facilities. He said any chief executive not willing to keep the services running, should be suspended and be replaced with another officer in acting capacity.



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OK baba kukuru

Tomorrow, a sacked Johesu worker will claim that it's the devil's work. Selfish, lazy and uneducated ingrates.

Lol! No work no pay? As if they have been paying. There must be prices to pay if one is pushing for justice. It is better we die of hunger while fighting for a just cause.

Good move by FG. If they don't resume, sack them all and request that they bring back all the hospital keys they took. Put up vacancy adverts and they'll be replaced in no time.

Or better still, share johesu salary amongst doctors and see the wonders they can do. It will even be a cheaper option, even if it's 70% of johesu salary. For example, if johesu salary is supposed to be N10m, tell the doctors to do their work and this N10M will be shared amongst them. The hospital will run at 150%.
Pathologists will takeover the lab.
200/300l medical students will takeover nurses.
100l medical students will takeover the pharmacists. (even wassce holder can takeover).
If traditional practitioners are doing physiotherapist work, then doctors can do it as well.
Aboki is already doing optometrist work.
Cleaners and gatemen can be employed on contract. Even patient relatives will be glad to volunteer

ultron12345:
Good move by FG. If they don't resume, sack them all and request that they bring back all the hospital keys they took. Put up vacancy adverts and they'll be replaced in no time.

Or better still, share johesu salary amongst doctors and see the wonders they can do. It will even be a cheaper option, even if it's 70% of johesu salary. For example, if johesu salary is supposed to be N10m, tell the doctors to do their work and this N10M will be shared amongst them. The hospital will run at 150%.
Pathologists will takeover the lab.
200/300l medical students will takeover nurses.
100l medical students will takeover the pharmacists. (even wassce holder can takeover).
If traditional practitioners are doing physiotherapist work, then doctors can do it as well.
Aboki is already doing optometrist work.
Cleaners and gatemen can be employed on contract. Even patient relatives will be glad to volunteer

What have they been doing with all the money JOHESU members are d ones building houses with their meagre salaries while doctors are their tenants!

This man clearly lacks wisdom!
Being a professor is truly different from having sense!!!

MrBigiman:
Tomorrow, a sacked Johesu worker will claim that it's the devil's work. Selfish, lazy and uneducated ingrates.

Weren't the doctors threaten?

kpampkan. ..


war start

kpampkan. ..


war start

ultron12345:
Good move by FG. If they don't resume, sack them all and request that they bring back all the hospital keys they took. Put up vacancy adverts and they'll be replaced in no time.

Or better still, share johesu salary amongst doctors and see the wonders they can do. It will even be a cheaper option, even if it's 70% of johesu salary. For example, if johesu salary is supposed to be N10m, tell the doctors to do their work and this N10M will be shared amongst them. The hospital will run at 150%.
Pathologists will takeover the lab.
200/300l medical students will takeover nurses.
100l medical students will takeover the pharmacists. (even wassce holder can takeover).
If traditional practitioners are doing physiotherapist work, then doctors can do it as well.
Aboki is already doing optometrist work.
Cleaners and gatemen can be employed on contract. Even patient relatives will be glad to volunteer

And you think those employed wouldn't agitate for pay rise when the time comes

Jman06:
This man clearly lacks wisdom!

Being a professor is truly different from having sense!!!

A neutral person heading that ministry would have solve this power tussle between NMA and Johesu as this is the practice in most countries

MrBigiman:
Tomorrow, a sacked Johesu worker will claim that it's the devil's work. Selfish, lazy and uneducated ingrates.

Shut up your dirty mouth there. What do you know? You think they survive alone with government salaries?

ultron12345:
Good move by FG. If they don't resume, sack them all and request that they bring back all the hospital keys they took. Put up vacancy adverts and they'll be replaced in no time.

Or better still, share johesu salary amongst doctors and see the wonders they can do. It will even be a cheaper option, even if it's 70% of johesu salary. For example, if johesu salary is supposed to be N10m, tell the doctors to do their work and this N10M will be shared amongst them. The hospital will run at 150%.
Pathologists will takeover the lab.
200/300l medical students will takeover nurses.
100l medical students will takeover the pharmacists. (even wassce holder can takeover).
If traditional practitioners are doing physiotherapist work, then doctors can do it as well.
Aboki is already doing optometrist work.
Cleaners and gatemen can be employed on contract. Even patient relatives will be glad to volunteer

You must be an illiterate.

Jman06:
This man clearly lacks wisdom!

Being a professor is truly different from having sense!!!

You think all professors has brain?
You never see dull professor?

Unigrad:
Shut up your dirty mouth there. What do you know? You think they survive alone with government salaries?

They survive by quackery. Na their way.

Is it true that administrative staff (those from level 15 and above) are exempted from going on strike by law? Someone should enlighten us please

MrBigiman:

They survive by quackery. Na their way.

You have cancer of the brain.

Unigrad:
You have cancer of the brain.

God forbid it. I do not wish so for u and ur enemies. It's not my portion.

Unigrad:
You have cancer of the brain.

God forbid it. I do not wish so for u and ur enemies. It's not my portion.

Unigrad:
You have cancer of the brain.

Have some sense nah... on top ordinary nairaland nma/johesu wahala Maka why