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Nigeria Is In A State Of War With COVID-19 – Nigerian Health Workers’ Unions
They warned of dire consequences if the federal and state governments privatise institutions and services in the health sector.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Jan 11, 2021
The Alliance for Surviving COVID-19 And Beyond (ASCAB) and other unions of health workers have said Nigeria is in a state of war with the COVID-19 pandemic.
This comes amidst the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in Nigeria with over 100, 000 confirmed cases.
Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 And Beyond (ASCAB) is a coalition of over 80 civil society organisations (CSOs) and organised labour, led by human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN).
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Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to mobilise Nigerian workers in protest against the move by the state governors to borrow N17 trillion from the pension funds purportedly for infrastructural development. The union asked the state chief executives to steer clear of the pension funds, warning them against tampering with the money.
Speaking at the 47th National Executive Council meeting of the Medical and Health Workersâ Union of Nigeria, in Abuja yesterday the NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, insisted that the governors have no authority over the funds.
The Nigerian Governors Forum had last week endorsed the proposal of the Chairman of the National Economic Council Ad hoc Committee, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, to borrow N17trn from the pension funds for infrastructural development.