The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) yesterday declared a nationwide strike alleging government’s insensitivity to the plight of members “since 2009 after the Union had reached a collectively bargained agreement with the government”.
The Union is made up of physiotherapists, dietitians, medical laboratory scientists, radiographers, optometrists, pharmacists, dental therapists, dental technologists, medical physicists, health information officers, clinical psychologists, occupational therapists, medical social workers, and others.
Addressing journalists at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan yesterday, the National President of NUAHP, Dr. Ogbonna Obinna Chimeola said, “The indefinite strike action which kicked off at 12 a.m. on Monday, March 6, 2017, had become inevitable.
