On Monday, President Bola Tinubu asked the striking union to resume work and pledged that his administration will resuscitate and restore public confidence in Nigeria’s health sector.
During a meeting with representatives of the Joint Health Sector Union, an affiliate of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the President made the vow on Monday in his office.
According to a statement by Abiodun Oladunjoye, Director of Information, Tinubu emphasised the value of the health sector and its experts as examples of devotion to humanity and pledged to address all concerns highlighted as impeding the system’s effectiveness.
He was cited as saying: “The health sector is one sector with a commitment to humanity. We will resolve all the problems. Trust must be enshrined in all discussions. I promise you we will accelerate this. We will resolve all the issues. Please go back to work.”
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Acting Chairman Dr. Obinna Ogbonna pleaded with President Tinubu to pay attention to Nigeria’s healthcare delivery system through adequate investment in healthcare infrastructure and better welfare for workers in the sector to stop brain drain while expressing the union’s readiness to get its members back to work.
“Mr President, now that we have assurance from the top, we are encouraged to go back and talk to our members with a view to going back to work,” he said.
