For second time in two weeks, the activities at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owerri, on Tuesday, were grounded to a halt as workers began a three-day work-to-rule protest demanding from the management of the hospital to withdraw queries issued to their union leaders. The staff of the
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has begun an indefinite strike to protest the kidnap of a former Chief Medical Director of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Dr. Patrick Adegun, and a theatre nurse with the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti, Mrs Margaret Aladeneka. In a letter to the state Governor, Ayo Fayose, the association’s state […]
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Imo State University, Owerri chapter have begun an indefinite strike action. The strike is as a result of the inability of the management of the institution under its Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie, a former ASUU President, to pay their salaries for two months (March and […]
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, Anambra chapter, has suspended its four-month strike, according to the state Chairman of the union, Mr Mark Ifezue. Ifezue told the News Agency of Nigeria in an interview in Abuja on Wednesday that the suspension followed an agreement reached between the union and the state government to implement the […]
The industrial strike embarked upon by the National Union of Petroleum and Gas (NUPENG) and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) is very worrisome, coming at this time of the year. The action has not only disrupted economic activities all over the country, it is also threatening to shut down the […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has reiterated his administration’s commitment to bringing to an end incessant strikes by doctors. He added that government would implement policy and programmes that would improve their well-being. Jonathan stated this while inaugurating a newly constructed 300-bed Specialist Hospital in Bauchi, on Monday. Said Jonathan: “The present
As the strike by the doctors in the employ of Lagos State government lingers, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos branch, may join the strike, in sympathy with the cause of their colleagues. Speaking in an exclusive interview with our reporter on Sunday, the Deputy Secretary of the NMA, Dr. Peter Ogunnunbi, said, “We are […]
Despite the ongoing strike action by the Lagos State doctors under the aegies of the Medical Guild, the doctors are still attending to patients. Medical activities are on-going as doctors were seen attending to patients at some hospitals monitored by our reporter. At the Ifako Ijaiye General Hospital, Ikorodu General Hospital and the Lagos State […]
