Nurses, Midwives suspend strike – Hanto Daily News

Reports reaching Hanto Daily News say the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives has suspended its warning strike which enters it’s fourth day this Saturday.

The Assistant Secretary-General of NANNM, Chidi Aligwe who disclosed this said the decision came courtesy of an agreement reached to suspend the action.

Recall, Nurses and Midwives in the country on Wednesday embarked on a seven-day warning strike to press home their long-standing demands.

Following this industrial action, Hospitals across the country have run into all forms of crises as Medical Doctors have been overwhelmed by the load of care giving abandoned by these categories of medical workers in the past hour days.

Their demands include: upward review of shift allowance, adjustment of uniform allowance, separate salary structure for nurses, increase in core duty allowance, mass recruitment of nurses, the establishment of a nursing department in the Federal Ministry of Health, among others.