Health workers mobilise for showdown with FG over 13-yr salary adjustment delay
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Verified Synthesis~25s readBy Chioma Obinna The Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, has begun mobilising health workers nationwide for possible industrial action over the Federal Government’s failure to implement the adjustment of the Consolidated Health Salary Structure, CONHESS, a demand that has remained unresolved for about 13 years. The union, which warned that it would resist any attempt to frustrate the salary adjustment, said it was no longer prepared to tolerate further delays in implementing the agreement.
Context & Background
- ✦The union recalled that President Bola Tinubu had, on June 5, 2023, promised to actualise the adjustment while appealing to JOHESU to suspend its strike after assuming office.
Key Figures & Named Entities
Thursday:This was part of the resolutions reached at an emergency expanded National Executive Council, NEC, virtual meeting held on Thursday, October 29, 2026, attended by its affiliates and organs at federal and state levels.2023:The union recalled that President Bola Tinubu had, on June 5, 2023, promised to actualise the adjustment while appealing to JOHESU to suspend its strike after assuming office.2021:It also recalled that the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare had, on the same date, forwarded the 2021 High Level Body Technical Committee Report on the adjustment to the Budget Office of the Federation, the secretariat of the Presidential Committee on Salaries, PCS.
Outlook & Next Steps
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Key Takeaways
Verified Extract- By Chioma Obinna The Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, has begun mobilising health workers nationwide for possible industrial action over the Federal Government’s failure to implement the adjustment of the Consolidated Health Salary Structure, CONHESS, a demand that has remained unresolved for about 13 years.
- The union, which warned that it would resist any attempt to frustrate the salary adjustment, said it was no longer prepared to tolerate further delays in implementing the agreement.
- The union recalled that President Bola Tinubu had, on June 5, 2023, promised to actualise the adjustment while appealing to JOHESU to suspend its strike after assuming office.
Key Facts:Thursday: This was part of the resolutions reached at an emergency expanded National Executive Council, NEC, virtual meeting held on Thursday, October 29, 2026, attended by its affiliates and organs at federal and state levels.2023: The union recalled that President Bola Tinubu had, on June 5, 2023, promised to actualise the adjustment while appealing to JOHESU to suspend its strike after assuming office.2021: It also recalled that the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare had, on the same date, forwarded the 2021 High Level Body Technical Committee Report on the adjustment to the Budget Office of the Federation, the secretariat of the Presidential Committee on Salaries, PCS.
Editorial Excerpt
On June 5, 2023, President Tinubu promised to actualise the adjustment while appealing to JOHESU to suspend its strike, after assuming office
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By Chioma Obinna The Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, has begun mobilising health workers nationwide for possible industrial action over the Federal Government’s failure to implement the adjustment of the Consolidated Health Salary Structure, CONHESS, a demand that has remained unresolved for about 13 years.
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This was part of the resolutions reached at an emergency expanded National Executive Council, NEC, virtual meeting held on Thursday, October 29, 2026, attended by its affiliates and organs at federal and state levels.
