Ondo Nurses Vow No Patient Care During Strike, Cite FG Neglect

The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owo chapter, has declared it will provide no services to patients, regardless of their condition, during a seven-day warning strike. 

Chapter Secretary, Mr. Coker Oluwasegun, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday that the Federal Government has failed to address nurses’ grievances.

“It is a total compliance. No leeway whatsoever.

“The Federal Government has unfairly treated nurses over the years and here is the time for us to take the bull by the horn.

“So, the fight is not against the management of Federal Medical Centre Owo as we had rightly informed the Medical Director and his team.

“For more than two decades, uniform allowance remains N20,000 per year and in all other allowances, nurses get the least despite the fact that we are the major work force in health sector.

“No equipment to actually work with in most of our hospitals making patients to see us as the one killing them. No good working conditions and environment,” he stated.

He said that there were a lot of failed promises from the part of the Federal Government, stating that the warning strike would continue for seven days.

“If our 12-point demands are not met, we will resume at the expiration of the seven-day warning strike.

“Then, we will give the Federal Government another 21-day ultimatum before indefinite strike will commence,” he said. 

NAN