The union, which draws its membership mostly from primary health centres, began an indefinite industrial action on Friday over non-payment of 15 months’ salary arrears.
The MHWUN Chairman, Mr Barnabas Simon, who gave an update on the strike on Saturday, said the union embarked on the strike as the last option following the expiration of earlier deadlines and fruitless meetings with government officials.
He explained that the arrears owed to the union members ranged from two to 15 months.
Simon expressed displeasure over many unresolved issues by the government as it affects primary health care workers in the state, adding that after several talks, none of their demands has been met.
Remembering Comrade Ola Oni (6/6/1933 – 22/12/1999) By Baba Aye
Both SWAFP and the NLP would be smashed by the military juntas (first of General Aguinyi Ironsi s for just 6 months but more so by General Yakubu Gowon s which lasted 9 years), as all partisan formations were repressed. But the tendency they had formed would continue in different forms (as well as SWAFP s till the early 90s) till the early 2000s.
by Baba Aye
Dec 23, 2020
Today makes it twenty-one years since Comrade Ola Oni passed on. He was one of the greatest leaders and teachers on the Nigerian Left, from the 60s till his death. He, along with Eskor Toyo, Baba Omojola and others split from the Socialist Workers and Farmers Party in Augsut 1964 (i.e., a year and four months after SWAFP was formed) to form the Nigeria Labour Party under the leadership of Michael Imoudu (Labour Leader #1).
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Only six states fully implementing N30,000 minimum wage, LG workers, teachers worst hit
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There were strong indications on Thursday that the financial problems facing state governments had worsened as many states had yet to start the payment of N30,000 minimum wage 11 months after the deadline given by the Nigeria Labour Congress for the conclusion of negotiations.
The PUNCH gathered that state governments’ foot-dragging on the minimum wage negotiations might not be unconnected with their dwindling finances, including federal allocations and internally generated revenue.