Following the declaration that the nationwide nurses strike has been called off by the Minister of Health, Muhammad Ali Pate, the association has come out to deny calling off the strike action.
The association’s national Public Relations Officer, Omomo Tibiebi, while speaking with The Punch on Friday, clarified that the strike they declared on Wednesday was still ongoing.
Tibiebi said, “The strike has not been suspended. Earlier today, the NANNM executives had a meeting with the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, and it was the minister who went to the press to say the strike was called off.
“He wasn’t the one who called the strike in the first place, so he has no right to call off the strike. So, the strike is still on.”
Speaking further, Tibiebi stated that the National Executive Council of the association will convene a meeting tomorrow, where they will decide on calling off the nationwide strike after reviewing their meeting with the federal government today.
“There will be a National Executive Council meeting by tomorrow (Saturday), and that’s when a decision will be made, and we will know if what the Federal Government has promised is good enough for us to suspend the strike,” Tibiebi disclosed.
AFRIPOST had initially reported that the Minister of Health and the members of the nurses association met in a closed-door meeting earlier today, and after the meeting, the Health Minister told the media that the nationwide strike by the nurses had been called off.