Gloom and uneasy has befallen the health sector in Nigeria as JOHESU's Monday 1st deadline looms. Barely 12 hours to the deadline, all hope looks lost as members of the joint health sector unions in states and local government health institutions are set to join the ongoing strike. 

 

You would recall that JOHESU had earlier started its industrial action in the federal health institutions on 12th November 2014, and after consultations had issued a directive in a memo made available to a medicalworldnigeria correspondent to all its members in states and local governments health institutions to join the ongoing strike.

 

A medical Doctor with a federal health institution who pleaded anonymity said that they were being over whelmed by the absence of other health workers especially the nurses, He pleaded with the government to accede to their demands as soon as possible. 

 

JOHESU have demanded amongst others

1) Non promotion of our members from salary CONHESS 14-15 as directors having stayed for 4 - 15 years on the same salary level without promotion in most federal tertiary hospitals.

 

2) Immediate release of circular on adjustment  of salary since january 2014 and immediate payment of at least two months arrears while the remaining is paid after being accomdated in the 2015 budget.

 

3) Immediate release of the circular on extension of retirement age to be back dated to february, 2014 when the issue was presented to the national council on establishment.

 

4) Immediate and full payment of arrears of salaries of CONHESS 10 skipping outstanding since the year 2010

 

5) Payment of arrears of specialist allowance to qualified hospital based professionals, with effect from 1st January 2010 in line with the national industrial court of nigeria ruling.

6) addressing the lopsidedness in the membership of boards of management of tertiary hospitals

 

7) Ned to define the functions and power of honourary consultants in teaching hospitals and the need to appoint more hospital based consultants instead of honurary consultants.

 

8) Release of harmonized scheme of service for nurses and midwive in line with the NICN ruling