The Joint Health Sector Union
(JOHESU) has asked its members to carry on with the strike despite a court
order directing health workers to resume work within 24 hours.
On Thursday, the National
Industrial Court in Abuja ordered the health workers — who have been on strike
since April 17 — to suspend the industrial action and resume work within 24
hours.
Babatunde Adejumo, the judge who
gave the order, did so following an ex-parte motion filed by Incorporated
Trustees of Kingdom Human Rights Foundation International, a non governmental
organisation (NGO).
The court had also ordered the
health workers and the federal government to arrive at an acceptable and
amicable solution in the interest of Nigerians.
But the union denied knowledge of
the ruling in a statement issued Friday by Biobelemoye Josiah its national
chairman.
The statement read: “It has come
to the notice that some propagandists are circulating this false information in
order to mislead members.”
Part of the health workers’
demands are improved facilities, upward adjustment of CONHESS salary scale, and
employment of additional health professionals.
Others are implementation of
court judgments, upward review of retirement age from 60 to 65 years, and
harmonisation of salaries of all healthcare workers in the country.
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