Health workers, under the umbrella of the Joint Health Workers Unions, have written to the Ministry of Labour and Employment, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, and the Ministry of Finance, demanding an upward adjustment of the Consolidated Health Salary Structure.
JOHESU is a coalition of four registered trade unions in the health sector.
The constituting unions are the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria; the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals; the Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals and Associated Institutions; and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Associated Institutions.
The Consolidated Health Salary Structure is the salary structure for health workers in pharmacy, medical laboratory science, among others.
The union, on Tuesday, said it might resume its suspended strike if positive action was not taken by the Federal Government regarding the salary structure.
The health workers in May last year embarked on a strike but suspended it after day 12 on June 5, 2023, following a
