National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) says its members will begin a three-day warning strike from Jan. 10.
Chairman, NANNM, Lagos Council, Mr Olurotimi Awojide, made the disclosure at a news conference on Friday in Lagos.
He said that the warning strike was to protest poor remuneration and working conditions in the Lagos health sector.
Awojide said that the strike was also to send a clear message to stakeholders that nurses would no longer continue to provide care in a manner where their health and safety, and those of their patients were at risk.
“Nurses will no longer bear the burden of a poorly- resourced health care system.
Awojide said that the strike was also to send a clear message to stakeholders that nurses would no longer continue to provide care in a manner where their health and safety, and those of their patients were at risk.
“Nurses will no longer bear the burden of a poorly- resourced health care system.
As a struggle for improved care for them and also as a fight to ensure that the healthcare sector is in a better position to serve them.
“All the requests we have made from the state government are to ensure that more nurses are not driven into frustration that can lead them to leaving the service,’’ he said. 29, 2021, assessed the numerous challenges of nurses and all unresolved issues before the government.
“The association has engaged the government on several occasions on these issues without the desired pace of outcome.
“In our estimation, the state government has yet to fully come to terms with how incredibly-challenging the situation in the health sector has been for our members, especially since 2020,’’ he said.
Awojide noted that the continued attrition of nurses to foreign countries had led to an acute shortage in the staffing of health facilities.
According to him, 496 nurses left the service of the State Health Service Commission from 2019 to 2021, with less than 15 per cent arising from statutory retirement.
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