Nasarawa State Governor, Alhaji Abdullahi Sule.
By Collins Sunday – Lafia
Following the intervention of the Nasarawa state House of Assembly, Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWN) at the Local Government level in Nasarawa State has suspended its 10 days old strike.
Chairman of the union, Ayuba Ismaila Oko said that, “it was as a result of intervention by the State House of Assembly and show of more commitment by the government towards improving the welfare of workers that is why we are getting back to work”.
Ismaila Oko made this known in a meeting with the State House of Assembly Committees on Local Government and Health in Lafia, Nasarawa state.
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He directed members of the union to resume work immediately in order to save human lives and for the overall development of the country.
“We decided to go on strike over our demands which include promotion implementation, new minimum wage and non provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) by the government over COVID-19”.
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“Last week the state House of Assembly intervened in the issue and they have constituted a five man committee to find out whether Local Government Health workers have been captured in the promotion implementation, new minimum wage among others demands.
“Their findings revealed that we have not been captured in the promotion implementation, new minimum wage.
“And now that the government has also provided us with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and pledged to captured the Local government health workers in the promotion implementation, new minimum wage among other demands.
“We have no reason to continue with the strike, hence the need for the suspension of our strike, ” he said.
He urged the government to abide by the agreement reached with the union in order to avoid another strike in the interest of peace and for the overall development of the state.
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The chairman assured the government of its members commitment to be up and doing in the places of their primary assignments in order to improve on the health of the people of the state.
Responding, Mr Mohammed Alkali, Mr Usman Shafa, Chairmen of House Committee on local government and health respectively commended the union for suspending its strike.
They have said that the suspension of the strike would go a long way in improving on the health status of the people of the state especially at this critical time of COVID-19 pandemic.
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