Nigerian Nurses and Midwives begin full strike

           
The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNW) met in Calabar, Cross River State over the weekend and ordered its members to suspend all forms of skeletal and concessional services in hospitals across the country.

National President of the National Association of Nurses and Midwives, Mr. AbdulRafiu Adeniji, has said the recent threat by the government declaring a “No work, no pay” policy was a strategy that would not intimidate the striking health workers.

He said the directive by the Federal Government would not cow members of the Joint Health Sector Unions to return to work.

He added that nurses and midwives were ready for a long battle with the government over the contentious issues until their demands were met.

Adeniji said the latest resolution to suspend skeletal services was informed by the refusal of key officers in the Federal Ministry of Health to attend a scheduled meeting with JOHESU on December 15.