Afrigather …threatens to embark on strike if authorities fails to conform
The Joint Well being Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Meeting of Healthcare Skilled Associations (AHPA) have appealed to the Federal Authorities to make sure implementation of adjusted Consolidated Well being Wage Construction (CONHESS), threatened to embark on industrial motion if authorities fails to conform.
This was contained in a letter addressed to the Minister of Well being, Osagie Ehanire, by the appearing Nationwide Secretary of JOHESU/AHPA, M. O. Ajorutu.
The letter revealed how JOHESU/AHPA had directed its states and FHIs chapters in addition to the NEC to start consultations geared in direction of mobilising its members to offer the federal authorities ultimatum to name its staff out on a strike motion inside the first quarter of 2023 if the authorities failed to fulfill up with their calls for.
The letter which was additionally copied to the director normal division of State Safety Service, Abuja additionally referred to as for the fee of withheld salaries for FMC Owerri, JUTH and LUTH.
It nonetheless, reads: “It’s pertinent we draw the eye of the minister of well being to the fact that regardless of the fee of withheld April and Might, 2018 salaries for JOHESU members, some withheld salaries of our members in Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Jos College Instructing Hospital and Lagos College Instructing Hospital who had challenges with their administration are nonetheless unpaid.
“This growth is worrisome because it continues to generate entropy in these amenities.
“Cost of omitted hazard inducement allowance 2022: JOHESU/AHPA as soon as once more attracts the eye of the well being minister to the omission of its members in few well being amenities through the fee of COVID-19 Hazard Inducement Allowance in 2020.
“JOHESU had written a number of letters to the federal ministry of well being on this regards with out optimistic response until date. Cost of excellent 4 months of hazard allowance. We discover it essential to remind the federal authorities that hazard allowance had been accepted after months of negotiation for a complete of 13 months. Whereas 9 out of 13 months have been paid, we request the fast fee of the excellent 4 months that are pending.’’
Expressing concern over the overall evaluate of all well being staff on the CONHESS and the CONMESS by the Federal Authorities which the organisation noticed is producing nervousness, JOHESU/AHPA mentioned: “This effort would possibly jeopardise the pre January 2, 2014 relativity within the wages of staff on the CONHESS and CONMESS as a result of there have been adjustment at the least on three events on the CONMESS with no corresponding enhance opposite to the 2014 Collective Bargaining Settlement (CBA) between the Federal Authorities and JOHESU
“We due to this fact, demand that any wage evaluate of well being staff ought to take cognisance of factoring the three increments on CONMESS which we weren’t privileged to take pleasure in for sake of justice and fairness.
“The JOHESU/AHPA notes with dissatisfaction the non-inclusion of its members on the job analysis committee that are presently visiting the FHIs on a zonal foundation. It’s obvious that the job analysis train is on the coronary heart of the on-going wage evaluate of well being staff by the federal authorities.
“In 2019 the consent judgment of the NICN, Abuja, supplied that members of JOHESU/AHPA must be entrenched as members of the job analysis committees anytime they go to the FHIs. This order of the NICN is seemingly being violated within the present disposition of the FMoH.’’
Nonetheless, the organisation confused the necessity for FMoH to ask members of JOHESU/AHPA as a part of the job analysis committees, which it mentioned is at present traversing the FHIs throughout the nation.
On the opposite, the group urged the minister of well being to facilitate the implementation of the rise in retirement age of well being staff from 60 to 65 years and that of healthcare skilled consultants to be elevated to 70 years, including: “That is format within the training sector the place all Federal Tertiary Well being Establishments (FTHIs) are affiliated to and must be regularised to boost supply and retention of skilled palms to the trending mind drain within the well being sector.”
