Health workers under the aegis of the Joint Negotiation Council, Ladoke Akintola Univer­sity of Technology Teaching Hos­pital, Osogbo Chapter have em­barked on an indefinite strike.

 

The health workers union com­prises of the National Asso­ciation of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives; Non Academic Staff Union; Nigerian Union of Allied Health professionals; Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria and the Senior Staff Association of Universities Teaching Hospi­tals.

 

The strike, it was learnt, was nec­essary after series of peaceful pro­test failed.

 

 

The health workers are demand­ing the payment of their outstand­ing salary arrears and National Health Insurance scheme (NHIS) for health workers among others.

 

When Daily Times visited the hospital, there was reduced ac­tivities of workers as the only workers on duties were medical doctors.

 

When contacted, Chairman, Senior Staff Association of Uni­versity Teaching Hospitals (SS­AUTH), Mr Afolabi Abiodun, dis­closed that the health workers at the hospital were going through hard times due to the non-pay­ment of their four months sala­ries. Afolabi who lamented lack of pension scheme for the health workers, said the industrial ac­tion would go on as long as their demands remained unmet.

 

He appealed to the general public who would be mostly affected to bear with them in the course of fighting for their rights

 

BY MU'SODIQ ADEKUNLE