The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has handed the Federal Government a 15-day ultimatum to implement a comprehensive review of its members’ allowances, warning of a possible shutdown of services if their demands are not met.
The association’s position followed an emergency meeting of its National Executive Council for the Federal Health Institutions Sector held in Abuja.
NANNM said it rejected a recent circular issued by the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, describing the proposed adjustments to allowances as grossly inadequate and unreflective of the hardship faced by health workers, especially nurses.
The union is demanding a 200 percent increase in salaries and allowances, stating that the measures outlined in the circular failed to address what it described as “the dire conditions driving brain drain” in the profession.
“The allowances listed on the rejected circular fail to address the dire conditions driving brain drain,” the association maintained.
The group expressed frustration over what it considers the government’s persistent disregard for the welfare of nurses and midwives, adding that unless concrete steps are taken within the 15-day period, members would be left with no choice but to withdraw their services across federal health facilities.
As of press time, efforts to reach officials of the Ministry of Health for comments were unsuccessful.
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