Nurses in FCT Begin Warning Strike

Nurses in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have begun a three- day warning strike over the non-release of the 2012 promotion list and stoppage of October salaries of some nurses who were not captured during the biometric data verification in FCTA Hospitals, among other grievances.

This was revealed in a statement by the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), FCT Council.

"After exhaustive deliberations,” the statement said, “the house resolved that since the extension of the 21-day ultimatum elapsed on November 28 2013 and issues raised have not been met, notice of a three day warning strike is hereby given which shall commence by midnight of Tuesday December 10, 2013.”

It added that if nothing was done on the issues raised after the warning strike, the members will commence an indefinite strike as from Monday December 16, 2013 without further notice, until their demands are fully met.

Reacting to the story, the Head of the Public Relations Unit of the FCT’s Health and Human Services Secretariat, Mr. Badaru Yakassai, said that the matter was being settled amicably.