The Health workers suspend one-yr- old strike in Rivers

Stakeholders in the primary healthcare sector in Rivers State
have agreed to suspend the one-year-old strike embarked
upon by health workers in the state.
This followed the intervention of the state deputy governor,
Dr Ipalibo Harry-Banigo, who brokered peace at an enlarged
meeting with union leaders in the sector at the Government
House, Port Harcourt, on Monday.
Present at the meeting were representatives of the state
Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, Primary
Healthcare Sector, Primary Healthcare Workers Association
of Nigeria, Rivers State chapter, Medical and Health
Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN), Rivers State council
and officials of the state Ministry of Health.
In a five-point communiqué issued at the end of the peace
parley, the various union leaders thanked the state governor,
Nyesom Wike, for convening the meeting to resolve the
issues that led to the strike.
They regretted the hardships, pains and inconvenience
suffered by the people of the state during the period of the
strike and resolved to voluntarily suspend the strike with
effect from Tuesday.
As contained in the communiqué, the Rivers State
government would look into the issues raised by the unions
with a view to addressing them in the interest of the people
of the state.
All the stakeholders also agreed that all parties would
henceforth, work together towards ensuring an effective and
efficient primary healthcare service delivery.
Earlier, the deputy governor had lauded the Primary
Healthcare Workers Union for accepting to call off the strike
and urged them to drop their differences and see the interest
of Rivers people as paramount.
She expressed disappointment over the lack of synergy
among the Primary Healthcare Management Board, the
health workers and the local government councils in the
state.
The division among the stakeholders in the health sector in
the state, she said, was responsible for the prolonged strike
that paralysed health care services at the rural areas.
"Rivers State government appreciate the work you do, but
you must work together. I don't expect the division among
you because you are doing the same work that touches the
lives of our people", she said.
The deputy governor said the Primary Healthcare
Management Board was performing an important function
in the healthcare delivery services but observed that the
board, as currently constituted, needed to be refocused to
discharge its duties.
She noted the strategic role of primary healthcare workers,
who reached out to the children at the rural communities,
adding that the position of the state in the national
healthcare indices had dropped drastically as a result of the
strike.

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