Nurses have pleaded with the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the health sector

The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) have pleaded with the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the health sector. “Mr. Wale Olatunde, Chairman, NANNM Public Health Institutions Sector, made the call at the on-going annual labour workshop in Abuja with the theme, ‘Harmonious Trade Dispute Resolution: A Panacea for a Healthy Industrial Relationship.’ Olatunde said that such a measure would purge the sector of inefficiency and corruption. He said there was need to liberate the administration of health care system from doctors, who, he claimed, were ruining the public health institutions ‘through privatization.’ He urged the Federal Government to ensure full and urgent implementation of the terms of agreement it entered into with the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU).”