FG urged to provide lasting solution to health workers strike.
The Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy (NSP) has urged the Federal Government to provide a lasting solution to the on-going strike by the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU. The society made the call in a statement signed by its National President Dr Rufai Yusuf Ahmad and National General Secretary,Dr Odusanya Oyinlola Felix and made available […]
The Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy (NSP) has urged the Federal Government to provide a lasting solution to the on-going strike by the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU.
The society made the call in a statement signed by its National President Dr Rufai Yusuf Ahmad and National General Secretary,Dr Odusanya Oyinlola Felix and made available to Daily Trust in Sokoto.
It alleged that injustice in the system paved way for the on-going strike action by the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) in the hospitals.
“Non-implementation of past agreements and court judgments and neglected welfare issues of health workers as against an anomaly where only Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) members are taken care of since 2014 and enjoying specialized packages in form of CONMESS while JOHESU demands are ignored played significant roles in the situation we found ourselves,” it pointed out.
NSP however said to minimise challenges in the health sector, there should be only one salary structure in the health sector as it was under Harmonised Tertiary Institutions Salary Structure (HATTISS)
“The entry point should be decided by job evaluation which has been achieved already. Allowances should be a fixed percentage of the evaluated salary,” it stated
It stated that appointment of CMDs and MDs should no longer be
The society added that in the tertiary institutions, management positions should be diversified among the various health professionals.
The association also said a health professional of JOHESU extraction should be appointed to pair with an NMA member for balancing, collaboration, functionality and development rather than appoint only NMA persons.
“All professions whose duration of training is six years should enter the salary structure at the same level, GL 12, with General Medical Practitioners eg Doctor of Physiotherapy degree, Doctor of Optometry degree, Dentistry, Doctor of Pharmacy degree etc. Other University graduates with 5 years duration should enter on GL 10 while those with 4 years duration should enter on GL 9,” it suggested.