Kwara health workers to commence indefinite strike, May 2
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i dont think the state government will respond to our demands before that day because we have made series of moves in ensuring government look into our demands but they turned deaf ears1 the kwara state medical and health workers union of nigeria mhwun says it will commence an indefinite strike on may 21 he said that the union had earlier given the state government a 19-day ultimatum to meet their demands which will lapse on may 1 20181 olayinka explained that their demands include upward review of consolidated health salary structure conhess from 50 per cent to 100 per cent and the promotion of staff without financial backing should be addressed immediately1 he also cited non-payment of outstanding arrears of salaries of the staff of local governments in the state1 he stated that the union would not go back on its decision until the state government does the needful1 a statement issued on thursday and signed by the state chairman of mhwun mr muritala olayinka noted that the indefinite strike will commencemidnight of may 21 if they make a move now it is likely going to be a meeting but it is until when we seeapproval for our demands before we can make a u-turn on the industrial action he said1 the chairman noted that the state government had recently claimed that it was gradually getting out of recession and its economy had improved1 workers are not slaves so we have to make this struggle a totality until government responds to our demands he said1 olayinka calls on his colleagues to be law abiding and abide by instructions from the labour leaders1 responding to the threat of industrial action by mhwun the senior special assistant to governor ahmed on media and communications dr muideen akorede said that the state government was looking into the issue. nan1