Dare Babalola
The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has dismissed the claim that it called off its strike.
Recall that the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate after a closed-door meeting with the leadership of the association on Friday, claimed that the industrial action has been called off.
Pate said the decision followed agreements reached between the government and the association’s leadership.
However, the association’s National Chairman, Morakinyo Rilwan, told Daily Trust in a telephone call that Pate’s claim wasn’t true the strike had been called off
“If it was the Minister who organized the strike, then he could call it off. As far as I’m concerned, the strike organized by the association is still ongoing. The Minister didn’t organize the strike, so he doesn’t have the authority to call it off.
“There are procedures to follow, if it is to be called off at all,” he declared.
