No patient will be attended to during ongoing strike, say Ondo nurses
The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owo, Ondo State, chapter, has said it will not render services to patients during the seven-day warning strike, irrespective of the case.
Secretary of the association in the chapter, Coker Oluwasegun, on Thursday, accused the federal government of not addressing the plights of nurses.
He said, “It is a total compliance. No leeway whatsoever. The federal government has unfairly treated nurses over the years, and now is the time for us to take the bull by the horns.
“So, the fight is not against the management of the Federal Medical Centre Owo, as we had rightly informed the medical director and his team. For more than two decades, the uniform allowance has remained ₦20,000 per year, and in all other allowances, nurses get the least even though we are the major workforce in the health sector.
“No equipment to work with in most of our hospitals, making patients see us as the ones killing them. No good working conditions and environment.’’
He said that there were failed promises on the part of the federal government, stating that the warning strike would continue for seven days.
He stated, “If our 12-point demands are not met, we will resume at the expiration of the seven-day warning strike. Then, we will give the federal government another 21-day ultimatum before an indefinite strike will commence.’’
(NAN)
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