A meeting between the nurses and the Minister of Labour, Muhammadu Dingyadi, on Tuesday, ended in a deadlock. This was due to the absence of key stakeholders, including the Minister of Health and the Head of Civil Service, and Nigerians have been reacting.
Speaking to the press, the National Chairman of the NANNM-FHI, Comrade Morakinyo-Olajide Rilwan, said the scheduled gathering ended up resolving nothing.
According to him, key figures who were supposed to partake in the meeting were absent, and even the Minister of Health was nowhere to be found.
He stated that the Head of Service of the Federation was MIA as well, hence why the meeting yielded no tangible results.
“The Minister of Labour invited the leadership on Tuesday, which was the last day of that ultimatum.
But the meeting ended in a deadlock because those that were supposed to be on ground at the meeting were not there, especially our mother ministry.
The Minister of Health was not there, Head of Service of the Federation was not there, so the meeting ended in a deadlock,” he said.
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Rilwan further noted that the union’s decision to go on strike will not change, and the FG shouldn’t expect its position to budge unless their demands are met.
Emphasising that mere promises will not end the strike, he warned that the industrial action would continue until the government shows commitment.
He concluded by saying that a tentative agreement will not cut it this time, stressing that a total agreement is needed for the ongoing issues to be fully resolved.
“But we waited for a long time for all these demands to be met. So, this strike happens to be the last option we have to get the government’s attention.
We must see commitment; based on the insincerity and insensitivity on the part of the government, I believe some parts of these demands must be met before we can suspend the strike. We have to see serious commitment from the government before taking that step.
There is no tentative agreement. We have to reach an agreement before we can say the meeting is conclusive. There has to be an MoU signed by the stakeholders before we can say the meeting is conclusive,” he added.
