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L-R: General Secretary, National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Comrade Thomas Shettima and Senior Brand Manager, Hygiene, Reckitt Benckiser (RB), West Africa, Cassandra Uzo-Ogbugh during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Endorsing JIK as an effective hygiene and household disinfectant brand in Abuja.
Published 25 February 2021
Nigeria’s leading hygiene and household disinfectant brand, JIK has announced a strategic endorsement with the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) to promote hygiene practices in Nigeria.
This partnership is in line with JIK’s long-term vison to realise a world where families are safe from illness-causing germs & viruses
Delta Nurses Threaten Indefinite Strike, Move To Impeach Union Leaders
The source said the demands of the nurses, which made them go on strike last year, had not been met hence the reason for the resumption of the industrial action.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Feb 18, 2021
A top source in the Delta State Ministry of Health has said members of the state chapter of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) are planning to go on strike indefinitely.
The workers only suspended its five-day strike in December 2020.
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The source said the demands of the nurses, which made them go on strike last year, had not been met hence the reason for the resumption of the industrial action.
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The Ondo State chapter of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), on Tuesday, protested and disrupted the meeting of the leadership of the union over the payment of half salary by the state government.
The angry nurses who passed a vote of no confidence on the leadership of their union over their refusal to call for strike action, saying the leaders had compromised and expressed their readiness to pull out of the Joint Health Workers Union.
The nurses armed with placards of various inscriptions, such as ‘Represent us well or leave,’ ‘We move out of JOHESU,’ ‘Serve us well to serve the Community well. A hungry man is an angry man,’ ‘Nurses have the largest number in the health sector. We can stand alone.’ demanded for strike action over payment of 50 per cent salary for the month of November 2020.
In a report sent to SaharaReporters, the nurses alleged that the state government had paid only 50% of November salary to them in January while December and January salary arrears have yet to be paid.
Nurses under the aegis of National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) at the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, on Monday protested