Workers of Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH), Aba were on Wednesday asked to stay away from duty to enable the authorities of the health institution fumigate the premises following alleged invasion by snakes.It would be recalled that the ABSUTH staffers were on strike for six months over non-payment of their seven-month salaries. The strike was called off on January 19, 2011. The staffers had so far resumed work without salaries to allow for dialogue between the management and the state government to resolve the crisis.

One of the staff who spoke on the condition of anonymity told news sources that the hospital’s workers were instructed not to come to work by the management to allow for fumigation of the premises.
The invasion of the hospital by snakes was traced to overgrown weeds in the compound as a result of the prolonged industrial action. The staffer said snakes and other reptiles had been disturbing them in their offices, a situation which informed the management’s decision.
The Public Relations Officer of ABSUTH, Mr Joe Onwuka said the hospital management took the decision to fumigate the premises to avoid any ugly incident.

He said that some parts of the compound had already been cleared after the long strike by the workers.“You can see that the landscaping had been cleared and the weeds burnt, keeping the premises neat and avoiding any ugly incident,’’ he said.
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Strike for 7 months.That can only happen in Abia, the worst state in Nigeria under the leadership of Thief T A Orji.