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Nurses Begin Strike, Bayelsa Hospitals Disrupt Services

Public hospitals in Bayelsa State on Wednesday abruptly discharged patients as nurses across Nigeria commenced a seven-day warning strike to demand improved working conditions and welfare. The strike, declared by the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), disrupted normal operations at major public health facilities in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, as union…

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FG Appeals To Nurses To Shelve Planned Strike

The Federal Government has appealed to the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) to suspend its planned nationwide warning strike. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Mr. Muhammad Dingyadi, made the appeal on Wednesday during a meeting with the union’s leadership in Abuja. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), nurses across…

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FG: Coordinated Wholesale Centres to Eliminate Fake And Substandard Drugs

The Federal Government says the ongoing establishment of Coordinated Wholesale Centres (CWCs) across Nigeria will significantly curb the circulation of fake, substandard, and expired medicines in the country. Mr. Bulama Yakubu, Head of Drug and Vaccine Development and Drug Distribution System at the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, disclosed this on Tuesday in…

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