Health professionals under the aegis of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP), working at health facilities owned by the Oyo State Government, yesterday embarked on a seven-day warning strike.
Those to withdraw services are laboratory scientists, physiotherapists, dental technologists, dental therapists, medical social workers, radiographers, nutritionists and dietitians, and health records and information managers across general, state and specialist/teaching hospitals across the state.
The practitioners include the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN), the Nigeria Society of Physiotherapists (NSP), the Association of Dental Technologists of Nigeria (ADTN) and the Nigerian Dental Therapists Association (NDTA).
Others are the Association of Medical Social Workers of Nigeria (AMSWON), Association of Radiographers of Nigeria (ARN), Association of Nutritionists and Dietitians (AND), Association of Health Records and Information Management Practitioners of Nigeria (AHRIMPN) and Oyo State Association of Hospitals and Administrative Pharmacists (CSAHAP).
The workers said they embarked on the warning strike due to the failure of the state government to accede to the demands that had been tabled before government committees over two years.
The 10-point demand put forward by the group, which is seeking urgent government intervention, includes “Implementation of the new national hazard allowance for health professionals, implementation of teaching allowance for NUAHP members, who are deeply involved in the training of interns and students on clinical and research postings, adjustment of CONHESS table for members in the service of Oyo State as already implemented for doctors since 2021.”
SOURCE: The Nation
