Members of the Joint Health Sector Unions, University College Hospital, Ibadan chapter, have been encouraged to remain resolute in the face of any form of intimidation.
UCH JOHESU chairman, Oladayo Olabampe, stated this during the unionโs peaceful protest, staged within the hospital facility on Friday.
The UCHโs chapter of JOHESU members have been on strike, declared by its national body, since November 17, 2025.
The union is demanding an upward adjustment of the Consolidated Health Salary Scale as approved for the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure since 2014.
During Fridayโs protest, Olabampe reiterated that the ongoing strike would continue until a favourable response is obtained from the federal government.
Remarking that picketing is part of the unionโs lawful activities, he urged the members to stand resolute and not allow any form of intimidation.
โAll we want is for the government to adjust the CONHESS as it did to CONMESS. So, be steadfast because no amount of victimisation can jeopardise this struggle.
โThe physicians are working, but they cannot do the work alone because a tree cannot make a forest, and thatโs why the hospital has turned into a ghost place.
โWe also appeal to the masses to hold the FG and Federal Ministry of Health responsible for them to do the needful,โ he said.
Also, Sunday Adetula, national vice-president of the Medical and Health Worker Union, South-West, called on all chief medical directors to ensure the non-implementation of the โno work, no payโ circular.
โWe are using this medium to tell the CMDs, the strike is not your strike; we are fighting for our rights. If our members are not paid January salaries, another challenge will emerge.
โWe will occupy all tertiary health institutions in the South-West by February, and peace will not be guaranteed in the health sector,โ Mr Adetula said.
The protest train moved from the hospitalโs Health Insurance Department to different areas of the facility, including the main gate.
They expressed grievances about the latest developments from the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, especially on the newly released โno work, no payโ circular.
They, in turn, displayed different placards with inscriptions such as โNo CONHESS adjustment, no workโ.
(NAN)



































Discussion about this post