NAFDAC has urged governments, institutions, and communities to create an enabling environment that protects and promotes breastfeeding.
“Our demands include the gazetting of the nursing scheme of service approved since 2016 and the creation of a Department of Nursing in the Federal Ministry of Health,” said NANNM.
“The current state of affairs demands decisive legislative action to align the pension realities of the Force with the peculiar risks,” said the IGP.
The commitment was made when NOA director-general, Lanre Issa-Onilu, paid a courtesy visit to the INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, in Abuja.
It also called on the government to take “these concerns seriously” and address the excesses of the National Security operatives.
“Abolishing the death penalty would send a strong message of Nigeria’s commitment to dignity, justice reform,” said PRAWA.
“We are joining the strike because it is the directive of the national body. There is no demand we have made that the governor has not approved,” he said.
A labour expert, Jamiu Akolade, says shifting the minimum wage from the exclusive to the concurrent list has both positive and negative implications.
“The strike is scheduled to commence at midnight on Wednesday, July 30, and will run through August 5, 2025,” the statement said.
