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Union Charges Gov On Workers’ Demands
The Borno State chapter
of Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN), has urged Gov. Kashim Shettima to pay priority attention to health workers’ demands to boost healthcare delivery system.
Mr Titus Abana, the National Vice President, North- East, made the call in an interview with newsen in Maiduguri.
Abana said that the workers’ demands include payment of outstanding 10 per cent and 30 per cent CONHESS for health and animal health workers in the state and local governments respectively.
“The Union also demanded the implementation of minimum wage for local government civil servants in Chibok, Askira Uba, Hawul and Kala Balge.
“We also appeal to the government to allocate houses to health workers to address their accommodation problems.’’
He said some of the achievements of the Union included the construction of befitting chalet, acquiring of four plots of lands in Abuja under the Medical and Health Cooperative Land Programme, among others.
“We have equally upgraded our communication capabilities by providing satellite dishes and other communication gadgets to our branches across the state.
“We also extended assistance to our potential members at the College of Health Technology through the provision of computers and photocopying machine to facilitate their training.’’
He then commended Gov. Shettima for paying the state workers’ salaries when due.
“The President’s salary bailout is not an issue here in Borno because workers have been receiving their salaries without delay.
“However, we still want the Borno Government to look at other demands of our workers,’’ Abana said.