Health workers threaten another indefinite strike

The relative peace  in the nation’s health sector may soon be disrupted as health workers under the auspices of the Joint Health Workers Union, JOHESU, on Thursday, threatened a nationwide  indefinite strike from April 29,  should the Federal Government fail to meet its demands on or before April 29, 2014.

President of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals, NUAHP, Mr. Felix Olukayode-Faniran, one of the  leaders of JOHESU, who issued the warning in Lagos, said Nigerians should not blame health workers if the planned strike materialised by the end of the month.

According to him, when the union concluded its nationwide strike in January, “we told the government that we are going to embark on another nationwide strike, but we have deliberately decided not to embark on that nation-wide strike because of our love for Nigerians."