Please go back to work, Tinubu begs striking health workers

President Bola Tinubu has appealed to striking health sector workers to call off their actions.

The president assured the striking workers that he would to resolve all issues in dispute.

Tinubu stated this in his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, during an audience with leaders of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU).

According to a statement by the Director of Information in the State House, Abiodun Oladunjoye, the President also restated that his administration would revive and restore public confidence in the health sector in Nigeria.

He was quoted as saying, “The health sector is important and its professionals are commitment to humanity, we will resolve all identified problems plaguing the system for optimum performance.

“Trust must be enshrined in all discussions. I promise you we will accelerate this. We will resolve all the issues. Please go back to work”.

While expressing the readiness of the union to get its members back to work, acting Chairman, Dr. Obinna Ogbonna, pleaded with Tinubu to pay attention to the health care delivery system in Nigeria through adequate investment in healthcare infrastructure and better welfare for workers in the sector to stop the brain drain.