Labour

JOHESU Suspends Strike for 3 Weeks

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Joint Health Workers’ Union, JOHESU, has suspended its indefinite strike after meeting with president Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The National Vice-President, JOHESU, Obinna Ogbonna, who confirmed the development on Monday evening, said the strike was suspended due to the progress made during engagement with the president.

Ogbonna said President Tinubu pleaded with the striking health workers to “give him the benefit of the doubt” to resolve matters amicably.

However, the union gave a 21-day timeline to the government to “assess progress and commitment of state actors” in resolving the issues.

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Health

JOHESU Strike : UCH Runs Essential Services

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By Fasilat Lawal

Joint Health Workers Union, JOHESU and Assembly of Health Care Professionals, Senior Staff Association of Universities at Teaching Hospitals and Non-Accademic Staff Union, at the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, have left their duty posts in compliance with an indefinite strike declared by the National body.

The indefinite downing of tools, according to the unions, was to press home their demands following   inconsistency in the ongoing negotiations for the adjustment of the CONHESS salary scale for non-physician health cadres, including the implementation of service from 60 years to 65 years in service, among others

At UCH, Radio Nigeria saw JOHESU officials chasing members away from their duty posts, before shutting gates and laboratories.

In an interview,  UCH Branch Chapter  Medical and Health Workers Union, Mr Simeon Ibekwe said the aim of the indefinite strike was informed by the government’s disregard for the welfare of health workers, as the government had refused to accede to their demands.

Mr Ibekwe pointed out that if their demands were not granted, the strike would not be called off.

However, UCH Chief Medical Director Professor Jessie Otegbayo said the hospital was  ensuring that  essential services including accidents, emergency care intensive and children units were not affected by the industrial action and patients on ground were retained while some requested discharge. 

Professor Otegbayo added that UCH had requested more security guards to maintain law and order.

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Health

JOHESU Directs Members to Commence Indefinite Strike

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The Joint Health Sector Unions and the Assembly of Health Care Professional Association have directed their members to embark on an indefinite strike.

The National Vice President of JOHESU, Dr Obinna Ogbonna said this at a press briefing held in Abuja on Thursday.

JOHESU is the umbrella body of health workers’ unions and associations, including the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals, Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, and Senior Staff Association of Universities’ Teaching Hospitals Research Institutes and Associated Institutions.

The leadership of JOHESU had in a letter dated May 9, 2023, issued a 15-day ultimatum to the Federal Government over alleged inconsistencies of the government in the ongoing negotiations to adjust the Consolidated Health Salary Structure for health workers on their platforms.

The 15-day ultimatum commenced on May 10, 2023, and will expire at midnight on Wednesday, May 24, 2023.

Obinna said, “It becomes imperative to inform you that since the Federal Government is yet to meet these demands, our members have been directed by the JOHESU National Executive Council to proceed on an indefinite strike action upon expiration of the ultimatum by midnight of May 25, 2023.”

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News Yoruba

Egbe JOHESU Ro Ijoba Apapo Lati Wojutu Si Ibeere Re Saaju Itenubodo Gbedeke

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Agbarijopo egbe awon osise eleto ilera nile Nigeria, JOHESU ti kesi ijobaa papo lati dahun ibeere awon pelu alaye pe gbedeke ojomeedogun tawon fi sita ni ojoketadinlogun osu yi niko nipe tenubodo mo.

Oro ohun lowa ninu atejade latowo alaga apapo egbe ohun, Ogbeni Biobelemoye Josiah.
Egbe ohun salayepe o se Pataki ki joba tete gbe igbese lojuna ati dekun titi pa awon ile iwosan jake jado ile Nigeria.

Egbe ohun ro ile ise eto ilera ijoba apapo lati tete wojutu si oro to je mo igbayegbadun awon osise eleto ilera gege bo se wa ninu afenuko lasiko ipade ifikunlukun to waye.

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News Analysis

Incessant Labour Unrest and It’s Implications.

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A harmonious, peaceful and orderly work place is essential and needed to guarantee satisfaction of employees and employers’ for enhanced productivity.

However, whenever there is conflict in the interest of parties, industrial unrest and crisis becomes inevitable and unavoidable. 

Research has shown that disharmony between workers and their employers’ often centre on poor remuneration, inadequate welfare, non payment of salaries and allowances as and when due.

Other factors for industrial actions are unconducive working environment, delay in promotion and breach of contractual agreement. 

Recently, Nigeria was plugged into a season of industrial action, especially in health, education, oil and gas as well as the civil service. 

This harvest of strikes include the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, COAESU, Joint Health Staff Union, JOHESU, NARD, NUPENG and PENGASSAN. 

A national  strike planned for last month was averted at the last minute by the federal government.

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and Trade Union Congress, TUC had threatened to lead Nigeria workers on an indefinite strike due to electricity tariffs increase and fuel price hike that worsened living condition in the country.

While industrial action is the statutory right of workers to press home their demands, the result of such unfortunate happening is socio economic paralysis in the various sectors of national life. 

Incessant strikes often lead to brain drain which is why there is exodus of the country’s trained personnel and professionals to other countries of the world in search of greener pasture.

In moving forward, there is the need to ensure industrial harmony between government at all levels and in the private sector to minimize the adverse effects of labour unrest on the socio economic life of the citizenry.

Government should fast track and implement policies that can reduce inflation and ameliorate the poor living condition of the people and help to decrease the level of employer and employee frictions in the country.

Dialogue should be encouraged at all time while government should not wait for workers to embark on strike before meeting their legitimate demands. 

Since it is evident that industrial welfare is an ill wind that blows no one any good, ensuring a sound and harmonious workplace relation is essential not only to the workers but the entire society.

Tayo Sanni

Health

Health Workers Resume Across South West

By Web News 973

Following the suspension of the seven day warning strike by the National Body of The Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, health workers at the university college hospital, UCH have complied with the directive.

In a statement issued by JOHESU and made available to newsmen, Chairman, Joint Action Congress UCH, Mr. Adeolu Alli said all health workers at the hospital have being instructed to comply with the directive.

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Mr. Alli urged health workers to continue their daily activities as they await further directives from the national body.

The statement issued by JOHESU indicates that their demands have not being met by the federal government.

Meanwhile patients and their relatives have heaved a sigh of relief following the strike suspension as they have been the worst hit before now.

In a related development, The Joint Health sector Workers Union JOHESU of the Federal Medical Centre Idi Aba, Abeokuta has called off the seven day warning industrial action as called by the national body of the union.

A visit to the hospital in Abeokuta revealed that members of the union have returned to their duty posts.

The union had decried the infrastructural decay in various government hospitals across the country and alleged injustice against their members in the scheme of things in the Health sector.

Activities had been paralysed at the hospital while the strike lasted.

The JOHESU leadership at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba was reported to have also called a Congress very early to brief it’s members on the decision to call off the industrial action.

Similarly, Osun Chapter of JOHESU, in public health facilities has suspended its seven day warning strike.

Some of the members of the union who resumed early this morning at the Ilesa Wesley Guild Hospital, annex of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAUTH, Ile Ife said the executive council directed them to do so.

Speaking on the development, the JOHESU Branch Secretary, OAUTH, Comrade Babajide Akanji explained that the warning strike ended midnight on Sunday.

He stated that though government was yet to address the demands of JOHESU, the members returned to duty in the interest of people.

Comrade Akanji appreciated the members for their cooperation while the industrial action lasted announcing that the next line of action would soon be decided by National Council of JOHESU.

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