Health workers suspend nationwide strike

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The national strike embarked upon by the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) in the country was today suspended till 3st July, 2012 while the National Executive Council of the unions urged members across the country to report at their duty posts with effect from 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.

Membership of the striking JOHESU workers include those in the Medical and Health Workers Union, Nurses and Midwives Association of Nigeria, NASU, SSANU as well as the NUPTAN comprising the pharmacists, radiographers and physiotherapists, among others, who control over 80 per cent of operational staff within the medical sector.

Addressing journalists at the end of a meeting of the JOHESU national leaders held at the NASU headquarters office in Ibadan, the President of the body, Comrade Felix Faniran disclosed that the suspension of the eight-day-old national strike which affected all Federal institutions across the country, followed a thorough review of reports of the negotiating Committee with the Federal Ministry of Health and the Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity which showed some signs of commitment from the Federal Government to the patriotic demands and aspirations of the striking workers.



Daily Trust