Health Workers Call Off Strike At FMC Abeokuta

Nurses and other health workers at the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, on Wednesday called off their 10-day-old strike following the intervention of the institution’s management.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that nurses at the hospital had embarked on the strike over an altercation between a young doctor and an elderly nurse.

The matter was said to have been reported to the institution’s management while a query was served on the doctor.

The refusal of the doctor to answer the query, however, prompted the nurses to embark on strike to register their grievances.

NAN reports that the strike, however, took a new dimension as other staff of the hospital downed tools in solidarity with the nurses.

But a statement issued by the institution’s spokesman, Mr. Segun Orisajo, said the strike was suspended following a reconciliatory meeting held on Tuesday.

The meeting, according to the statement, was attended by members of the management and the aggrieved unions in the hospital.

It said the Chief Medical Director, Dr. Dapo Sotiloye, expressed delight at the high sense of maturity displayed by the parties involved.