Mrs Tinubu stated, “A healthy state is indeed a healthy nation.”
The NMA noted that the longstanding concerns required urgent and comprehensive attention.
They urged the government to consider the implications of the resumption of the suspended strike action on the health sector.
He stressed that the federal government had in 2010 approved CONHESS for health workers and reviewed it in 2023.
JOHESU had embarked on a seven-day warning strike on Oct. 25.
A check on some public hospitals showed only doctors and laboratory technicians were on duty.
The minister said issues such as poor working conditions, low salaries, non-payment of salaries, and others were the cause incessant strikes in the country’s health sector.
