Striking health workers demand Jonathan’s resignation
- Admin
- Jan 9, 2015
- 1 min read
The National Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to tender his resignation following his apparent incompetence and failure to bring situations in the health sector under control.
The NUAHP President, Felix Faniran, who stated this yesterday while addressing a news conference at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, vowed that the Union will continue its strike, blaming the Federal Government for not meeting their six-point demands two months after the industrial action began.
At the UCH, Ibadan, it was observed that the hospital wards looked deserted as some out-patients who were around were left unattended to. Those on admission have been forced to discharge themselves owing to their inability to access the needed healthcare services.
According to the NUAHP President, government should show some level of trust by implementing the agreements reached with the unions as well as court judgments.
Faniran listed the minimum conditions for suspending the strike to include: the immediate release of the circular on adjustment of salary, immediate payment of two months arrears on newly adjusted salary structure with the promise to pay the remaining in 2015 budget and the immediate release of circular on the payment of arrears on skipping of CONHESS 10 salary.
The aggrieved health workers’ other demands are: the immediate issuing of circular on retirement age of healthcare workers from 60 to 65 years, payment of arrears of specialist allowance to all hospital-based healthcare professionals, who possess a relevant post-graduate qualification and the release of a circular amending the extant circular for medical laboratory scientists interns to include post-NYSC placement on Grade Level 09 Step 2 and state officers across board.
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