The Federal Government said that all parties in the health
sector have agreed to end the industrial disharmony that had existed in
the sector for years.
The Supervising Minister of Health, Dr. Khaliru Alhassan, stated this yesterday at a meeting with heads of different stakeholders in the sector in Abuja.
Speaking on the suspension of the industrial strike by the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), the minister said he was working to ensure that all health personnel work in harmony for the betterment of the sector and good of the Nigerian public.
Alhassan said the era of reoccurring strikes by unions in the sector was over, stressing that the ministry and the concerned stakeholders had agreed on the way forward on the issue.
He said: “We have had several meetings with all the stakeholders in the industry and we have agreed to work as a team to improve the health sector. We held meetings with Chief Medical Directors of hospitals, who have had challenges dealing with the personnel under them and we asked them to be liberal in their decisions and treat all personnel without favouritism.”
“We have also spoken at length with the various unions and associations in the health sector to work as a team.”
“We have all realised that nothing can be achieved if we continue in this manner. We have asked doctors, the NMA not to react negatively to the promise by President Goodluck Jonathan to look into the demands of JOHESU.
“Our health system is suffering due to this tactic by unions, we are losing patients in their dozens across the country, and as a system, we cannot afford that. The goal now is to have an effective system that is centred on the care of the patients.
“All the grievances of all parties are being looked into by the President, and a lot of progress had been made to resolve them.”he said.
The Supervising Minister of Health, Dr. Khaliru Alhassan, stated this yesterday at a meeting with heads of different stakeholders in the sector in Abuja.
Speaking on the suspension of the industrial strike by the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), the minister said he was working to ensure that all health personnel work in harmony for the betterment of the sector and good of the Nigerian public.
Alhassan said the era of reoccurring strikes by unions in the sector was over, stressing that the ministry and the concerned stakeholders had agreed on the way forward on the issue.
He said: “We have had several meetings with all the stakeholders in the industry and we have agreed to work as a team to improve the health sector. We held meetings with Chief Medical Directors of hospitals, who have had challenges dealing with the personnel under them and we asked them to be liberal in their decisions and treat all personnel without favouritism.”
“We have also spoken at length with the various unions and associations in the health sector to work as a team.”
“We have all realised that nothing can be achieved if we continue in this manner. We have asked doctors, the NMA not to react negatively to the promise by President Goodluck Jonathan to look into the demands of JOHESU.
“Our health system is suffering due to this tactic by unions, we are losing patients in their dozens across the country, and as a system, we cannot afford that. The goal now is to have an effective system that is centred on the care of the patients.
“All the grievances of all parties are being looked into by the President, and a lot of progress had been made to resolve them.”he said.
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