BREAKING: Nigerian Health Workers JOHESU Call For Total Work Stoppage Over ‘No Work, No Pay’ Directive By Tinubu Govt
SaharaReporters learnt on Saturday that this adopted a brand fresh directive from the Federal Ministry of Health enforcing a “No Work, No Pay” policy.
The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has directed its members across federal health institutions to withdraw their services and products indefinitely.
SaharaReporters learnt on Saturday that this adopted a brand fresh directive from the Federal Ministry of Health enforcing a “No Work, No Pay” policy.
In an announcement circulated to members on Saturday, Comrade Abubakar Sani Aminu, a JOHESU leader, acknowledged the government policy became as soon as imposed with out consultation with the union.
Aminu described it as a unilateral resolution that undermines workforce’ rights and collective bargaining rules.
In step with the statement, Chief Medical Directors and Medical Directors of federal health institutions had been urged to put in power the policy, a pass JOHESU views as an are attempting to weaken the union amid ongoing industrial meander.
“This resolution became as soon as made with out prior consultation or dialogue with the union, showing a brush aside for the collective state of health workforce,” Aminu acknowledged.
He educated members to remain aloof but resolute, warning that the directive became as soon as supposed to fracture the union’s team spirit.
He described the policy as “the best weapon” being deployed by the government to interrupt JOHESU’s unravel.
In consequence, the union directed all members to avoid their duty posts with instantaneous discontinue, explicitly ruling out skeleton services and products or any agree with of compromise.
“There wants to be no skeleton services and products, no are attempting to support out, or compromise in any formula,” the statement study.
“Our collective meander is the indispensable to securing our rights.”
JOHESU leadership stressed out that team spirit among members became as soon as excessive, warning that permitting the policy to stand would contrivance what it described as a unhealthy precedent for future labour struggles for the length of the health sector.
“Right here’s the time for us to stand collectively, solid and united, until our demands are met,” Aminu acknowledged, along side that team spirit among members would establish the terminate end result of the dispute.
The union reaffirmed its dedication to what it termed a combat for shapely treatment of health workforce, calling on members nationwide to remain steadfast and supportive of every other as negotiations with the federal government proceed.
As of the time of submitting this divulge, the Federal Ministry of Health had not issued an official response to the union’s directive.
The affect of the work stoppage on public health services and products stays unclear, even though old JOHESU strikes personal severely disrupted operations in federal hospitals across the nation.
