The waste management consultant to Oyo State Government, Mottainai Recycling Ltd. has announced plans to recruit 200 environmental health workers to forestall the outbreak of diseases in the state. Ms Uloma Airhienbuwa, the Chief Strategy Officer of the firm, made this known in a statement on Saturday. Airhienbuwa said the environmental health workers would educate the people on the best …

The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) has called on the Federal Government to implement the high-level body technical committee’s report on the adjustment of the Consolidated Health Salary Structure to avert a resumption of the recently suspended industrial action by Joint Health Sector Unions. This was contained in a communique issued at the end of the union’s eighth …

The Anambra State Government has said that it has commenced the installation of clock-in devices in public health facilities to curb absenteeism and ensure that health workers take their duties seriously. At a meeting with administrators of public hospitals in Awka, the state capital at the weekend, Commissioner for Health, Dr. Afam Obidike observed that during some of his unannounced …

A former governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, and the President pf the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals, Dr. Obinna Ogbonna have called on the Federal Government to take urgent steps to halt brain drain in the health sector, saying the trend was longer sustainable. At a two-day national conference last Thursday and Friday in Abuja, which was attended …

The Joint Health Sector Unions, and the Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations have suspended their indefinite strike for 21 days. The suspension was announced after the leadership of the unions held a meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Monday. The Acting National Secretary, Matthew Ajirotu said the president promised to approve their demands. He said: “JOHESU has just suspended its …