The Federal Ministry of Health is to meet with striking health workers on Aug. 26 for dialogue to end the ongoing strike, the Minister, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said.
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The workers embarked on a nationwide strike on Thursday to press for the implementation of an agreement reached with the government.
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Chukwu said on Thursday at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja that series of informal meetings had been held between the union, Minister of Labour and Productivity and other relevant personnel.
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He said the ministry was ready to "meet with the workers on Monday but waiting was for them (Joint Health Sector Unions) to accept the date.
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"A meetingwas also scheduled for yesterday (Wednesday). Although the union's president was present but it could not form a quorum because some members left, so we only had an informal talk.
The health minister should do whatever is in power to rectify this whole thing as soon as possible cos Nigerians are the ones suffering for it!