Tinubu vows to revive health sector, begs workers to end strike

President Bola Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu says his administration will revive and restore public confidence in Nigeria’s health sector.

Tinubu made the vow during a meeting with leaders of the Joint Health Sector Union, an affiliate of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday, June 5.

The President, who urged the striking union to return to work, harped on the importance of the health sector and professionals in the sector as one of commitment to humanity, promising to resolve all identified problems plaguing the system for optimum performance.

Tinubu said: “The health sector is one sector with a commitment to humanity. We will resolve all the problems. Trust must be enshrined in all discussions. I promise you we will accelerate this. We will resolve all the issues. Please go back to work.”

While expressing the readiness of the union to get its members back to work, the acting chairman, Dr. Obinna Ogbonna, pleaded with President Tinubu to pay attention to healthcare delivery system in Nigeria through adequate investment in healthcare infrastructure and better welfare for workers in the sector to stop brain drain.

“Mr President, now that we have assurance from the top, we are encouraged to go back and talk to our members with a view to going back to work,” Ogbonna stated.

On his part, a member of the executive council of the union, Olumide Akintayo, who accompanied the Ogbonna to the meeting, urged the Federal Government to always respond to Labour issues and nip them in the bud before they become full-blown industrial crisis.

The Star