{"id":21222,"date":"2020-02-12T15:08:17","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T15:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=21222"},"modified":"2020-02-12T15:08:17","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T15:08:17","slug":"uzodinma-faces-first-workers-protest-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/uzodinma-faces-first-workers-protest-strike","title":{"rendered":"Uzodinma faces first workers\u2019 protest, strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Medical and Health Workers of Imo Specialist Hospital has urged Governor Hope Uzodinma to restore their pay cut.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the staff who have also commenced strike, protested against alleged 30 per cent slash in their salary.<\/p>\n<p>The workers, including medical doctors, nurses and pharmacists, vowed that they would sustain the protest until their demands were met.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters barricaded the main entrance of the hospital, carried placards and chanted labour songs.<\/p>\n<p>NAN reports that former Governor Rochas Okorocha during his tenure reduced the salaries of the workers in the health facility.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the Joint Action Committee, Dr Elias Anumudu, demanded that the government pay their salary in full with the arrears as well as promotion arrears.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cWe embarked on this protest since last week Monday and we have also been on strike to make government see our plight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be grateful if the government will resolve the problem immediately to enable us to commence work in the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Justin Echendu said that health workers were being treated badly despite their performance and commitment to excellent service delivery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were promised that we will get full salary in January but unfortunately we have received the salary and the situation is still the same,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Medical and Health Workers of Imo Specialist Hospital has urged Governor Hope Uzodinma to restore their pay cut. 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