Health
workers will today begin an indefinite strike over intractable leadership
crisis in the sector.
Their
grievances include non-commencement of residency training programme for health
professionals, non-implementation of new call duty allowance and non-payment of
arrears of CONHESS 10 skipping, among others.
Nigeria
Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) National President Felix Faniran
spoke yesterday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on the planned action.
NUAHP
is an umbrella body of professionals, like physiotherapists, medical laboratory
scientists, pharmacists, occupational therapists, optometrists, dieticians,
medical social workers, clinical psychologists, dental therapists, among
others.
Faniran
said there was no going back on what he called “total and indefinite strike”.
The
union leader accused the Presidency, Minister for Health, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu
and leaders of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) of allegedly fuelling and
sustaining the crisis in the Health sector.
He
was particular about the sector’s problems since 2010.
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