The Coalition of Rotational Nurses and Midwives (CRNM) is threatening strike on October 1, 2021.
The decision is a result of the government’s failure to pay their allowances since February, 2021.
This was contained in a letter signed by the President of the Association, Wutoh Cosmos Venunye.
“we humbly write to your office to express our displeasure of our unpaid allowance since the beginning of our mandatory one-year national service in February, 2021”.
“We the nurses and midwives on rotation in the various hospitals nationwide have come to a conclusion to vacate post and lay down our working tools effective 1st october, 2021”, the letter added.
According to the Association, despite the failure to release the funds, authorities have not provided any information on the reasons for the nonpayment.
“This is as a result of the unbearable hardship over the months and there has not been any communications to us stipulating the date and month our allowances will be paid”, the letter read.
Find the full statement below:
