UCH-UCH JOHESU begins indefinite over failure to address CONHES demand

The Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, at the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, on Monday embarked on an indefinite strike.

This is coming as the strike embarked on by resident doctors entered its 17th day.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, all UCH gates, except the main entrance, were closed and manned by some JOHESU members.

JOHESU comprises the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals, NUAHP, Senior Staff Association of Universities, and the Teaching Hospitals Research and Academic Institutions, SSAUTHRAI.

Other members of JOHESU are the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, MHWUN, and the Non-Academic Staff of Universities and Research Institutions.

The unions, under the umbrella of JOHESU, are demanding an upward adjustment of the Consolidated Health Salary Scale, CONHESS, as done for the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure, CONMESS, since 2014.

UCH JOHESU Chairman, Oladayo Olabampe, said the indefinite strike was as directed by the union’s national body following the Federal Government’s failure to address the demands.

“There was an agreement when the two salary scales (CONMESS and CONHESS) were established that the two should be adjusted.

“CONMESS has been adjusted, but that of CONHESS remains the same since 2014; the nation said there is no going back this time till the demand is met, and we stand fully with them.

“All we want is that the Federal Government to attend to this demand as it was done for CONMESS,” he said.