Health workers threaten strike over unpaid allowances
The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals directed members nationwide to mobilise for a strike after the Federal Government failed to implement agreed salary adjustments, pay 19 months of reviewed professional allowance arrears, and address stagnation on CONHESS levels despite a prior 84-day strike and a February 2026 settlement. The union issued the directive after a National Executive Council meeting in Enugu, also demanding promotion of eligible professionals, inclusion in call-duty allowances, suspension of certain health bills, better protection from assaults, and improved Ebola preparedness.
Pidgin: Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals don direct all their members across di country make dem begin mobilise for nationwide strike because Federal Government never implement di salary adjustment wey dem agree on, dem never pay 19 months arrears of di reviewed professional allowances, and dem never settle di CONHESS adjustment even after 84 days strike and di February 2026 settlement. Di union give dis directive after dia National Executive Council meeting for Enugu, dem also demand say make dem promote eligible professionals, include dem for call-duty allowances, suspend some health bills, give better protection from assault, and prepare well well for Ebola.
How this affects you: Health workers including health information management professionals, medical social workers, speech therapists and audiologists face unpaid 19-month allowance arrears, exclusion from call-duty allowances, and stagnation on CONHESS 14 instead of promotion to CONHESS 15.
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