{"id":71561,"date":"2025-07-28T13:10:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T13:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=71561"},"modified":"2025-07-28T13:10:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T13:10:47","slug":"nigerian-nurses-issue-seven-day-strike-notice-to-federal-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/28\/nigerian-nurses-issue-seven-day-strike-notice-to-federal-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Nurses Issue Seven-Day Strike Notice to Federal Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_6498fd4db3dfefb4\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel enable-updated-hr-color\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/p>\n<p>The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives \u2013 Federal Health Institutions (NANNM-FHI) has issued a <b>seven-day strike notice<\/b> to the Federal Government, demanding immediate improvements in welfare, fair allowances, and better working conditions for nurses across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The notice, signed by National Secretary <b>Enya Osinachi<\/b> and released by President <b>Morakinyo-Olajide Rilwan<\/b>, was made public on Monday, July 28, 2025, in Abuja. It follows an emergency meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) held on July 10 in the capital, where the decision for industrial action was finalized.<\/p>\n<p>According to the association, the strike ultimatum was prompted by the government\u2019s failure to respond meaningfully to a 15-day ultimatum initially issued on July 14. With no concrete action taken, NANNM-FHI announced that a <b>nationwide strike will commence at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 29, 2025<\/b>. The strike will involve a total withdrawal of services across all federal health institutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll nurses nationwide are expected to comply and stand united in solidarity,\u201d the statement read in part, calling for full adherence to the directive.<\/p>\n<p>NANNM-FHI emphasized the critical and indispensable role nurses play in healthcare delivery, noting that they are responsible for <b>60 to 70 percent of services provided in hospitals<\/b>. The association argued that such vital contributions warrant fair treatment, significantly improved welfare packages, and formal recognition commensurate with their responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p>The group specifically rejected a controversial circular issued on June 27 by the National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission, calling for its immediate reversal. NANNM-FHI is demanding comprehensive revisions to key allowances, including those for shifts, call duty, and staff retention, which they describe as grossly inadequate and discriminatory.<\/p>\n<p>The association urged the Federal Government to engage constructively and urgently address their demands, stressing that a motivated and well-supported nursing workforce is absolutely essential to achieving quality healthcare outcomes and sustaining public health services across Nigeria\u2019s federal medical institutions.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives \u2013 Federal Health Institutions (NANNM-FHI) has issued a seven-day strike notice to the Federal Government, demanding immediate improvements in welfare, fair allowances, and better working conditions for nurses across the country. The notice, signed by National Secretary Enya Osinachi and released by President [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":71562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[184],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71563,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71561\/revisions\/71563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}