The Chairman of the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, University College Hospital, Ibadan ,UCH, Chapter, Mr. Oladayo Olabampe, says members will resume work on Monday following the suspension of the union’s 84-day-old strike.
Mr. Olabampe who disclosed this in an interview with Radio Nigeria in Ibadan, explained that the terms of agreement reached between the union’s leadership and the Federal Government would be communicated to members upon their resumption.
He noted that the Federal Government has promised to implement the unresolved salary adjustment under the Consolidated Health Salary Structure ,CONHESS, in April this year, which informed the decision to suspend, rather than totally call off, the strike until full implementation.
Mr. Olabampe explained that the 84-day strike was not intended to inflict hardship on the public, but to demand an upward salary adjustment pending since 2014.
He commended the Federal Government for acceding to the union’s demands and urged members to remain calm and committed to their duties as they await the implementation of the agreed new salary structure in April.
Recalled that the national body of JOHESU declared a nationwide strike on November 15 last year over the Federal Government’s failure to implement the CONHESS salary structure, among other demands.
The action crippled the health sector and prompted the Federal Government to invoke a “no work, no pay” policy.
The strike was suspended on Saturday following an emergency meeting of the union’s National Executive Council ,NEC, in Abuja, to allow for the full implementation of the agreement reached during negotiations.
