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August 01, (THEWILL) — The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has agreed to suspend its ongoing seven-day nationwide warning strike.
Minister of Health, Prof. Ali Pate, disclosed this to journalists on Friday after a closed-door meeting with the leadership of the striking health workers in Abuja.
Pate said the decision followed agreements reached between the Federal Government and the union’s leadership during the meeting. However, the specific terms of the agreement were yet to be made public at the time of filing this report.
Leaders of the union declined to speak with reporters following their meeting with government officials on Friday afternoon.
NANNM had embarked on a seven-day warning strike on Monday, July 29, citing the Federal Government’s failure to act on a 15-day ultimatum issued on July 14.
Among the union’s key demands are improved welfare packages, enhanced allowances, better working conditions in federal health institutions, and the full gazetting of the nurses’ scheme of service approved in 2016.
Other demands include the implementation of a National Industrial Court judgment delivered on January 27, 2012, an upward review of professional allowances, and the recruitment of more nursing personnel with adequate medical equipment.
The association also called for the establishment of a Department of Nursing within the Federal Ministry of Health, inclusion of nurses in national health policy-making bodies, representation on boards of federal health institutions, centralization of internship postings for graduate nurses, and the institutionalization of consultancy roles for qualified nurses and midwives.
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