Joint
Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), the umbrella body for Health workers in Nigeria
has declared what it tagged “Operation Alligator Bite”.
With
this operation the union is asking its members across the country to proceed on
an indefinite and total strike action from Wednesday, September 20, 2017 if
government fails to meet its demand.
The
Unions accused the Federal Ministry of Health and the federal government of
bias in their handling of matters that concern the health sector, with
preferential treatment accorded to medical doctors whenever they embark on
“illegal strike” action.
The
Ministry of Health was also accused of inviting them to a meeting only to snub
them, but took immediate action when the medical doctors declared their strike
even though according to the union they were a non registered body performing a
trade union activity.
The
union is made up of Medical and Health Workers of Nigeria’ National Association
of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, Senior Staff Association of Universities,
Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes and Associated Institutions, Nigeria
Union of Allied Health Professionals and Non Academic Staff Union of
Educational and Associated Institutes.
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