More troubles loom in Nigeria’s healthcare sector, as the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has given the Federal Government a seven-day ultimatum to meet its demands.
While the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) is still on strike, JOHESU also threatened to embark on an indefinite strike from September 20, if the government fails to address all its concerns.
The health workers are demanding for the payment of promotion arrears to their members, the abolition of scale to scale promotion and the implementation of all court judgements given in their favour.
This comes as the Federal Government struggles to settle the resident doctors who have been on strike since September 4, a situation that has unleashed untold hardship on patients in public hospitals.
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