NURSES EMERGENCY MEETING INCLUSIVE

10/01/22

DANIELS G.O

NURSES STRIKE UPDATE,EMERGENCY MEETING INCONCLUSIVE

THE EMERGENCY CONGRESS OF THE LAGOS STATE CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA NURSES AND MIDWIVES ON MONDAY TO RESOLVE ISSUES ABOUT THE WARNING STRIKE HAS ENDED INCONCLUSIVE.

WHILE THE STATE CHAIRMAN OLUROTIMI AWODEJI TOLD NEWS MEN THAT THE WARNING STRIKE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED DUE TO THE INTERVENTION OF THE STATE GOVERNOR AND PROMISE TO MEET MOST OF THEIR DEMANDS, THE NURSES ON THE OTHER HAND,HAVE REJECTED THE DECISION SAYING THEY WANT OUTRIGHT IMPLEMENTATION AND NOT PROMISES

THE EMERGENCY CONGRESS BY MEMBERS OF THE LAGOS CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NURSES AND MIDWIVES BECAME NECESSARY AFTER A PREVIOUS MEETING BY THE EXECUTIVES WITH THE LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR BABAJIDE SANWO -OLUN OVER THE WEEKEND TO RESOLVE ISSUES THAT RESULTED TO THE DECLARATION OF A THREE DAY WARNING STRIKE THAT WAS TO TAKE EFFECT ON MONDAY 10TH OF JANUARY 2022.

AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR OF DELIBERATION,THE LAGOS STATE CHAIRMAN OLUROTIMI AWOJIDE WAS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE TO THE PRESS OF A SUSPENSION OF THE STRIKE FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL OF MOST OF THEIR DEMANDS,BUT THE DECISION DID NOT GO DOWN WELL WITH THE NURSES WHO IMMEDIATELY STARTED AGITATIONS IN SOLITARY SONGS

THE CHALLENGE OF HEALTH HUMAN RESOURCES HAS RESULTED TO THE EXIT OF COUNTLESS NUMBER OF HEALTH PERSONAL TO SEEK GREENER PASTURE ABROAD IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, AN ISSUE THAT A MEDICAL EXPERT KAYODE ADESOLA WANTS GOVERNMENT AT ALL LEVELS TO FIND A LASTING SOLUTION TO.

NURSES IN LAGOS STATE HAD DECLARED A THREE DAY WARNING STRIKE FOR MONDAY 10TH OF JANUARY 2022 OVER ACUTE SHORTAGE OF NURSES AND MIDWIVES, RETENTION INCENTIVES AND POOR WORKING CONDITIONS.