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Workers reject privatisation of public health institutions

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… Want FG to release withheld April salaries

OBIORA IFOH, Abuja

The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has rejected moves by the Federal Government to privatise public health institutions.
National Chairman of JOHESU, Comrade Joy Bioblemoye, who spoke during a mass rally against happenings in the health sector, said the challenges facing the sector was corruption and lack of fair management in the system.

The workers, who were on a three-day rally over the plights of JOHESU members, lampooned the Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, for withholding workers’ salaries for the months of April and May 2018.He said the workers would not hesitate to shut down the sector, should nothing happened after the rally by the workers.

Comrade Bioblemoye while calling for President Buhari intervention into the matter, disclosed that over 90 per cent of Chief Medical Directors of public institutions have their private hospitals.He said such practice lead to the rots in the system due to clash of interest.

According to him, the practice of the union leader said the mass rally was to sensitise Nigerian public and government that the workers are not strike mongers.

“We are here today to sensitise the general public of the happenings in the health sector. We want the world to know that the Minister of Health, Professor Adewole to respect court order and release our salaries for the months of April and May.

“While the court asked both parties nor to do anything that can jeopardize the peace process, the Minister went ahead to implement no work no pay”.

He further asked Nigerians to hold the Minister responsible should anything went wrong in the sector.Some of the placards carried by the workers read: “Adewole must go; No JOHESU, no hospital; Health workers say no to corruption”, among others.

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