The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Oyo State chapter, has threatened to embark connected an indefinite onslaught should authorities authorities neglect to accede to their requests.
The relation issued a 14-day ultimatum to the government, saying astatine the expiration of the deadline it volition embark connected onslaught opening from Wednesday, 22 May.
The assembly made this solution astatine a authorities enforcement gathering connected Tuesday, 30 April, wherever members deliberated issues affecting the payment and vocation progression of nurses moving with the authorities government.
In a missive addressed to the authorities and issued connected 2 May, the relation said it opted for an indus Nurses and Midwives successful Oyo authorities are threatening to embark connected an indefinite onslaught if the authorities fails to with its demands aft 14 moving days. trial enactment aft years of attempts to lobby the authorities failed.
The ultimatum fixed by the relation is betwixt 2 May and 22 May.
The missive reads successful part: “It’s pertinent to enactment that each these issues person been for a precise agelong time, and respective letters person been written for the authorities to travel to our assistance without a affirmative response”.
Demands
The association, among different things, has demanded the recruitment of much nurses successful the authorities to marque up for the exodus of healthcare workers recorded successful the state.
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In Nigeria, faced with inflation, mediocre salaries, and an overstretched healthcare system, thousands of healthcare professionals are leaving successful droves for amended opportunities abroad.
This has led to a shortage of healthcare workers successful aesculapian facilities nationwide.
According to the National Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Mohammed Pate, astir 16,000 doctors person left the state successful the past 5 years.
To code the shortage of unit and amended wellness attraction transportation successful the state, the relation said it demanded a “Mass recruitment of nurses and midwives/nurse educators into Hospital Management Board, Primary Health Care Board, LAUTECH Teaching Hospital Ogbomosho and College of Nursing Sciences, Eleyele, Ibadan.”
It besides demanded the correction of what it termed the incorrect notional dates connected promotion letters and requested the implementation of the adjusted Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CHSS).
The relation asked for a “financial implementation of 2018 to 2022 promotion for nurses and midwives moving successful LAUTECH Teaching Hospital Ogbomosho.”
The demands arsenic stated successful the missive besides include: “Adoption and implementation of Enhanced Hazard Allowances for Nurses and Midwives Working successful LAUTECH Teaching Hospital Ogbomosho, Oyo State College of Nursing Eleyele-Ibadan, Oyo State College of Health Technology Eleyele, Ibadan and Primary Health Care Development Board/ LGA.
“Adoption and implementation of lateral conversion/career progression for nurses and midwives connected GL12 and supra that person possessed (acquired) a grade certificate successful Nursing Sciences (BNSc).”
The relation besides asked for the outgo of nurses’ January and February salaries withheld successful 2011 and the azygous allowance for nurses and midwives successful the state.
“If each the aforementioned prayers are not met wrong fourteen moving days, the State Executive Council of NANNM volition person nary enactment than to nonstop her members to proceed connected indefinite onslaught till erstwhile each these demands are met,” the assembly maintained.
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