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Lagos nurses to begin strike January 10
<h4><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Lagos State chapter of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Lagos Nurses announced on Friday that a three-day warning strike will begin on Monday.</span></h4>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-16766 size-full" src="https://thedailypage.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screenshot_20211231-181138.jpg" alt="Lagos nurses to begin strike January 10" width="645" height="378" /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In a statement, the union&#8217;s state secretary, Oloruntoba Odumosu, said the strike was required to pressure the Lagos State Government to act quickly on its demands.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">At its meeting on December 29, 2021, the association&#8217;s State Executive Council voted to go on a three-day warning strike beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, January 10, 2022, and ending at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 12, 2022.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The purpose of this warning strike is to compel the Lagos State Government to act immediately on the following issues:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Critical scarcity of nurses and midwives in health facilities; payment of retention allowance; proper consolidation of the CONHESS salary structure; regularization of graduate nurses and stagnated nurses.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Other issues include improved welfare and working conditions of nurses; improved hazard allowance; nurses representation on relevant boards and policymaking; and life insurance scheme for nurses and other health workers, the statement read in part.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Odumosu went on to say that the strike would be total and all-encompassing, with the exception of Federal Health Institutions in the state.</span></p>