Nigeria’s health sector faces the threat of nationwide strikes with significant disruptions to healthcare delivery, as health professionals decry federal government’s inaction on agreed commitments, with three days before deadline.
The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has said it has yet to receive any response from the federal government regarding its demands, weeks after suspending a warning strike.
The nurses began a seven-day strike on 29 July, which significantly crippled healthcare services in public hospitals. The industrial action was suspended after the federal government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the union in August 1, pledging to implement the nurses’ demands within 28 days.