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NMA Threatens Strike If FG Bows Tohealth Workers' Demands by DrABCD: 2:23pm On Sep 06, 2013 |
By Patrick Ugeh and Damilola Oyodele The federal government is now in a difficult situation as medical doctors, against whom other health workers' ongoing industrial action is indirectly targeted, have threatened to embark on their own strike should the government accede to the demands of the Joint Health Sectors' Unions (JOHESU). This came as JOHESU and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have said the refusal of the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, to abide by the ruling of the National Industrial Court(NIC) over some of the issues in contention was responsible for the strike. Among other things, JOHESU is demanding having consultants among their non- medical staff members, the payment of specialist, call duty/shift and other professional allowances as enjoyed by doctors. But in a statement yesterday, the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), said while it had nothing against the right of "any group or individual" to determine how best to achieve its objectives, the doctors would down tools if government succumbed to blackmail and intimidation. The statement signed by Dr. Osahon Enabulele and Dr Akpufuoma Pemu, President and Secretary-General respectively, said: "We affirm that no group or union has monopoly over the use of strike actions in seeking the actualisation of its objectives. "Therefore, the NMA shall not hesitate to use similar means if government fails to uphold the rule of law and succumbs to blackmail and intimidation." Meanwhile, the Minister of Labour and Productivity; Chief Emeka Wogu, on behalf of the federal government yesterday, summoned a meeting of both parties to seek a quick resolution to end the strike. The Secretary General of the Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes and Associated Institutions ( SSAUTHRAI), Mr. Moshood Akinade, speaking for JOHESU, said since his assumption of office, Chukwu had pursued only the interest of the NMA to the detriment of other health professionals. He chronicled the events and incidences which eventually culminated last week’s declaration of an indefinite strike by the union. http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/nma-threatens-strike-if-fg-bows-to-health-workers-demands/157376/ |
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