President Buhari Pays Protesting Health Workers’ Salaries

President of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) has instructed the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, to pay the seized salaries of health workers.

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, confirmed this development when fielding questions from State House correspondents in Abuja yesterday. Peoplesgazette reports.

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“The president graciously approved that we pay back some funds, some wages, which we did not pay health workers,” explained Mr Ngige.

“First, section 43 of the Trade Disputes Act says that when a worker goes on strike, especially those on essential services, the employer can also refuse to pay. That is what they call it the ‘No Work, No Pay Rule’.

He said the president has since approved the authority letter to release the funds of the resident doctors for September and October 2021. Information Guide Nigeria

According to Mr Ngige, the approval covers members of the Joint Health Services Union (JOHESU) who went on strike in 2018. jamb results

As a first step, according to Mr Ngige, the president last week directed the finance minister to release the funds of the resident doctors for September and October 2021, “which was seized in conformity with the law.”

“In the same vein, the approval also covers members of the JOHESU who went on strike in 2018 for three months. After the first month, after March, when they couldn’t come back, we asked that their pay be suspended. This is in tandem with the ILO principles at work,” the labour minister further stressed.

“You have a right to strike, but the employer has a right to stop your remuneration and, if possible, use it to keep his enterprise going by taking new hands, where possible, especially in essential services.”