Minister Pleads With Nurses, Midwives To Droop Strike

Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi has appealed to the Nationwide Affiliation of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) to droop the continued nationwide warning strike.

Dingyadi urged the union to prioritise dialogue as negotiations proceed to resolve lingering grievances.

The Minister made the enchantment throughout a vital assembly with leaders of the affiliation on Wednesday in Abuja.

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He acknowledged the issues raised by the well being employees, however emphasised that industrial motion would solely disrupt important well being companies and compound current challenges within the sector.

“Strike is just not the very best resolution to industrial disputes,” urging the affiliation to present room for additional engagement.

“We’re dedicated to addressing your issues by ongoing dialogue, and I ask in your cooperation as we transfer ahead”, Dingyadi mentioned.

In line with an announcement signed by the Head of Press and Public Relations within the ministry, Endurance Onuobia, the assembly will reconvene on Friday on the Federal Ministry of Well being, the place deliberations will proceed towards discovering a mutually acceptable decision.

LEADERSHIP reviews the continued 7-day warning strike adopted a number of unmet calls for from the affiliation.

These embrace gazetting of the authorized nurses’ scheme of service by the Nationwide Council on Institution (NCE) since 2016, implementing the 2012 Nationwide Industrial Court docket judgment in favour of nurses, upward assessment {of professional} allowances for nurses and midwives, amongst others.