As part of efforts to ensure there is full compliance with the ongoing nationwide strike, the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) on Thursday visited the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia.
The members, carrying canes and led by the leadership of the union, went to different offices and chased out other members who were on duty.
JOHESU team comprising Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN ) and Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP), insisted that the strike would continue until their demands were met.
Recall that the Federal Ministry of Health had issued ‘no work, no pay’ directive to all Chief Medical Directors and Medical Directors of Federal Government hospitals, starting Jan. 2026.
The health workers displayed placards with different inscriptions such as : “JOHESU strike, no justice, no retreat,” CONHESS adjustment is sacrosanct, no going back”, among others.
The Abia Chairman of NUAHP, Mr Chibueze Oparaocha, said that his union and MHWUN, being the two major unions representing JOHESU at FMC, Umuahia, decided to monitor and ensure full compliance at the facility.
Also, the State Chairman of MHWUN, Mr Solomon Offor, said the union was at the hospital to enforce the ongoing strike that started on Nov. 15, 2025.
He added that the union was demanding the implementation of the 12-year-old adjusted Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS).
The Chairperson of MHWUN at FMC, Umuahia, Mrs Commy Okonkwo, who expressed satisfaction at the compliance rate, appreciated members for their co-operation and commitment.
She faulted some members who sabotage the effort of the union, saying it was because of them that the team decided to monitor and enforce compliance.
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Industrial Action: JOHESU Visits FMC, Umuahia to Monitor Compliance
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