The Joint Health Sector Unions has warned of a possible fresh industrial action over the Federal Government’s failure to implement the long-awaited adjustment of the Consolidated Health Salary Structure.
National Chairman of JOHESU and President of Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, Kabiru Minjibir, made this known in an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of the 114th International Labour Conference on Tuesday in Geneva, Switzerland.
Minjibir said the unresolved salary adjustment had remained a major concern for health workers for more than a decade, despite several engagements with the government.
According to him, the issue stems from a provision contained in the salary structures introduced for medical doctors and other health professionals in 2016.
“When the two salary structures were released in 2016, there was a clause that once one salary structure is reviewed upward, it automatically attracts a review of the other one,” he said.
He said
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