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HALF SALARY: ONDO NURSES CHASE OUT UNION LEADERS, DISRUPT MEETING

10/02/21
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A STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, SEC, MEETING OF THE ONDO STATE CHAPTER OF ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA NURSES AND MIDWIVES, NANNM, ENDED ABRUPTLY, YESTERDAY, AS NURSES CHASED AWAY THEIR UNION LEADERS OVER PAYMENT OF 50 PER CENT SALARY BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT TO ITS WORKFORCE. EFFORTS BY THE AGGRIEVED NURSES TO MAKE THEIR LEADERS DECLARE A STRIKE ACTION OVER THE ISSUE, HOWEVER, FAILED. THE UNION LEADERS HAD CALLED THE MEETING TO DISCUSS ISSUES OF THE ATTACK ON THREE NURSES AT THE FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE, OWO AND THE 50 PER CENT HALF SALARY PAID TO STATE WORKERS. THEY CLAIMED THAT THEIR LEADERS HAVE COMPROMISED AND DEMANDED STRIKE ACTION OVER PAYMENT OF 50 PER CENT SALARY FOR NOVEMBER 2020 AND OTHER EMOLUMENTS OWED THEM. THE NURSES SAID THEY CANNOT CONTINUE TO WORK ON AN EMPTY STOMACH UNTIL ALL THEIR ALLOWANCES ARE PAID.

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