Health workers have mentioned that, they will still go on strike despite the no work no pay rule from the government.
Addressing journalists in Abuja yesterday, JOHESU president, Comrade Biobelemoye Joy Josiah, said JOHESU was bemused when its attention was drawn to a circular from the Ministry of Health in which the government threatened to open an attendance register during the strike so as to enforce a no-work-no-pay policy.
He called on members of the union nationwide to disregard all forms of threat or intimidation from government and ensure that services are withdrawn until their demands are met.
He said, “We wish to draw the attention of President Muhammadu Buhari and the general public to the discriminatory, suppressive and oppressive attitude of the drivers of the health sector to all health workers, other than medical doctors, in managing health care delivery in Nigeria.
JOHESU added that it had already directed other health workers in the states and local governments to mobilise and join in the strike nationwide if government allowed the strike to linger for the next two weeks.
