The Imo State Branch of National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, NANNM, has appealed to Governore Rochas Okorocha to urgently clear the five months arrears of salaries owed staff of te State Specialist Hospital, Owerri.
The State NANNM Chairman, Mrs. Augusina Nwadi Ogini, made the passionate appeal while flagging off the 2014 International Nurses Week in Owerri.
" The five months salary arrears is a pain and thorn in our flesh.We want government to liquidate thest outstanding arrears, which occurred as a result of concession of the medical establishment", Mrs Ogini said.
The state NANNM leadership equally expressed shock that all the Schools of Nursing and Midwifery have inexplicably lost their accreditation.
" Government shouyls, as a matter of urgency, redeem all the Schools, of Nursing and Midwifery that have lost their accreditation in the state", Ogini pleaded.
While expressing happiness that the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, has been successful contained in Nigeria, the Imo NANNM boss however pleaded that hand washing policy should be maintained by all.
By Chidi Nkwopapa
Vanguard
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