Its been more than a month now since the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) embarked on an indefinite strike. It would be recalled that the current strike is a continuation of a three-day warning strike the union members threatened to embark on late January this year. 

 

Giving reasons for the warning strike then, JOHESU President, Dr Wabba Ayuba, had said: "Our patience has been overstretched. Our display of good faith, patience, restraint and maturity on the issues and other perennial cases of injustices has been taken for weakness by the Health Ministry. And we are determined to ensure that our demands are met.  How long the current strike by JOHESU would last solely depends on government."

 

 

An article surfaced today on "This Day Newspaper" tittled: The JOHESU Strike where it was written that:

 

"...health workers across the country, under the auspices of Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), at the weekend agreed to return to work. As part of the deal that led to the truce, a committee has been constituted to draw up modalities for the payment of consultancy and specialist allowance for healthcare professionals as well as review some other demands made by the health workers before they went on strike."

 

When contacted, Comrade Badmus denied this stating that JOHESU called for the strike action and it was only the body itself that would call off the strike action, since it had not done so in any way, the strike action was still on. He called all readers of that article to note that the article was not credited to any one making the comment that the strike had been called off.

 

He also emphasized that anyone who does and says the strike action is over is a sabotuer.

 

When asked for any progress report on the discussions with the Federal Government about JOHESU's grieviances, he stated that no headway had been achieved but a meeting would be taking place between representatives of the Government and those from JOHESU to try to work out all matters presently on the table.

 

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