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Following a meeting with the Federal government on Friday, the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) have disclosed that its industrial action is still ongoing.
The association’s National Chairman, Morakinyo Rilwan, dismissed reports that the strike had been called off.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate, had announced that the nurses have called off their five-day warning strike.
Pate, while speaking with journalists after a closed-door meeting in Abuja on Friday, said the decision to suspend the strike followed agreements reached between the government and the leadership of NANNM.
However, Rilwan countered this claim by the minister, stating that the minister does not have authority to call the strike.
“If it was the Minister who organized the strike, then he could call it off. As far as I’m concerned, the strike organized by the association is still ongoing. The Minister didn’t organize the strike, so he doesn’t have the authority to call it off.
“There are procedures to follow, if it is to be called off at all,” Daily Trust quoted Rilwan as saying.
Tribune Online reports that hospitals across the country were grounded following a seven-day nationwide warning strike embarked upon by the nurses. The strike followed a 15-day ultimatum issued by NANNM to the federal government.
The strike, according to NANNM’s leadership, addresses issues including poor remuneration, staff shortages, unpaid allowances, and unsafe working conditions.
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