The President, Bola Tinubu, on Monday, urged striking health union workers to return to work, promising to resolve their grievances.
“We will resolve all the issues. Please go back to work,” the President said.
In response, the acting Chairman, JOHESU, Dr Obinna Ogbonna, according to the statement, expressed the readiness of the union to get its members back to work, but urged the President to pay attention to the healthcare delivery system in Nigeria through adequate investment in infrastructure and better welfare for workers in the sector to stop brain drain.
“Mr President, now that we have assurance from the top, we are encouraged to go back and talk to our members with a view to going back to work,” said Ogbonna. A member of the executive council of the union, Mr Olumide Akintayo, who accompanied the acting chairman to the meeting, also urged the Federal Government to always respond to Labour issues and nip them in the bud before they become full-blown industrial crises.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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