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…
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…
The University College Hospital (UCH) chapter of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has joined the ongoing seven-day nationwide warning strike declared by the association’s national headquarters. The strike, which began at midnight on July 29, followed the Federal Government’s failure to meet long-standing demands raised by the association. Speaking after the…
The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has commenced a seven-day warning strike, effective from midnight Tuesday, July 29, over the federal government’s failure to meet longstanding demands. The industrial action follows the expiration of a 15-day ultimatum issued on July 14, after a circular by the National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission…
The Lagos government urged medical doctors to shelve their three-day warning strike, set to begin today, and stated that they are negotiating and engaging with the Medical Guild. This call for restraint, reinforcing the government’s ongoing negotiation efforts mentioned earlier, was detailed in a statement by the Lagos State Ministry of Health. The government assured…
The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, Federal Health Institutions Sector (NANNM-FHI) has issued a seven-day strike notice to the Federal Government, demanding improved welfare, fair allowances, and better working conditions for nurses nationwide. The notice, jointly signed by National Secretary, Nurse Enya Osinachi, and National President, Nurse Morakinyo-Olajide Rilwan, was released in Abuja…
Local government workers in Gwagwalada Area Council, within Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have expressed appreciation to FCT Minister Nyesom Wike for his role in ending their three-month strike over unpaid minimum wage arrears and welfare concerns. In interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, several workers voiced relief at resuming work,…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, will meet with chairmen of FCT area councils, leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and National Association of Nigeria Students (NANs) on Thursday. The meeting, according to a statement by NANs in Abuja on Wednesday, is to finalise modalities for the reopening…
The Minister of Education, Dr Olatunji Alausa, has acknowledged the concerns raised by the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), FCT Wing. The concerns relate to the implementation of the new National Minimum Wage for primary school teachers in the Federal Capital Territory. In a statement on Monday in Abuja by the Director of Press and…
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Ondo State Branch, says its ongoing strike would continue due to the deadlocked meeting with the Ondo State Government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that JUSUN embarked on an indefinite strike on Friday over non-implementation of financial autonomy by the state government. NAN also reports that…
