The meeting between the Federal Government and the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, has ended with agreements reached on some issues, while others are been resolved next month.
The negotiation meeting which is to reconvene on September 15, 2020, will also assess the level of implementation of the new Memorandum of Understanding signed by both parties.
The meeting also resolved that the JOHESU meets with its members on or before Saturday, September 12, 2020, to consider suspending the 7-day warning strike, already planned to begin at midnight on Sunday, September 13.
Barely 24 hours after a meeting with resident doctors, who just suspended their strike, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, says the government will invoke provisions of labour laws against health workers should they go ahead with their planned strike.
The Minister was speaking at the opening of a conciliatory meeting with the JOHESU, which issued a notice for a nationwide industrial action, starting from Sunday, September 13.
The union leaders believe the government as represented by the Labour and Employment Minister was using the threat to blackmail their members.
They accused the government of preferential treatment and say they are ready for the worst.
The health workers are among other things calling for immediate payment of shortfall in COVID-19 allowances.
They also want the government to answer to the clamour for the adjustment of Consolidated Health Salary Structure, CONHESS.