Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, have said they will block the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare on Wednesday as part of efforts to press home their demands.
The action comes against the backdrop of an ongoing indefinite nationwide strike by the unions and the Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations, which began on November 15, 2025, following what the unions described as prolonged neglect of critical issues affecting health workers.
The unions criticised the persistent failure of the Federal Government to implement the adjusted Consolidated Health Salary Structure, as well as to address long-standing welfare and systemic challenges confronting health workers across the country.
JOHESU is an umbrella body representing several health sector unions, including the Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria, the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals, the Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes and Associated Institutions, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions.
The National Secretary of JOHESU, Martin Egbanubi, while speaking on the planned picketing, said members of the union from various hospitals had already converged at the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.
“We are picketing the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare today. Our members from different hospitals are already at the ministry,” he said.
According to him, the union had held two meetings with representatives of the Federal Government since the commencement of the strike, but both engagements ended without resolution.
“Since we started the strike, we have met with the Federal Government twice, but the meetings ended in deadlock. Since then, the government has not taken any concrete action,” Egbanubi added.
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