Unmet Demands: Health Unions to Picket Federal Ministry

The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) have announced plans to block the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare on Wednesday to press for their unresolved demands. The move comes amid an ongoing indefinite nationwide strike by JOHESU and the Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations, which began on November 15, 2025, citing prolonged neglect of critical issues affecting health workers.

The unions have criticised the government’s failure to implement the adjusted Consolidated Health Salary Structureand address long-standing welfare and systemic challenges confronting health workers. JOHESU, an umbrella body representing several health sector unions—including the Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria, Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals, Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes and Associated Institutions, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions—said members from various hospitals have already gathered at the ministry for the picketing.

According to Martin Egbanubi, JOHESU’s National Secretary, efforts to resolve the dispute through meetings with the Federal Government have failed. “We have met with the government twice since the strike began, but both meetings ended in deadlock. No concrete action has been taken since,” he said.

The union warned that the demonstration aims to compel the government to address their outstanding demands and improve conditions for health workers nationwide.

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