With the Nigerian government still trying to pacify resident doctors at public hospitals to return to work, another group of professionals in the sector has joined the fray.The Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Health Care Professionals, JOHESU, says it will begin a nationwide strike on September 20.
The group said the planned action was due to government’s failure to meet its demands.
The group had earlier threatened to embark on an indefinite industrial action that would shut down operations in public hospitals due to the delay by the federal government to meet the demands it made in 2014.
The union’s demands include payment of arrears of specialist allowances and upgrade of their members due for promotion.
JOHESU tagged the planned action ‘Operation Alligator Bite’, saying it would be more severe than ‘Operation Python Dance’ that the Nigerian army launched in the south-east.
The threat is coming barely eight days after resident doctors embarked on a nationwide strike.
Despite intense negotiations with the federal government, resident doctors are yet
