Nigerian healthcare workers have suspended their strike that started in mid-September to demand for improved working conditions, payment of outstanding salaries and a review of Covid-19 allowances.
The Joint Health Service Union (Johesu) and its members reported to work on Monday following a short lived strike to the relief of the entire health system.
The union represents nurses, laboratory scientists, adminstrative staff, cleaners and pharmacists.
It did not give reasons for suspending the strike despite their demands not being met. It said the “next line of action would be decided in due course”.
The strike by one of Nigeria’s largest healthcare unions came just days after the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors suspended theirs early September over similar demands
