The Northern Youths Forum on
Wednesday stated that the ongoing strike by the Joint Health Sector Unions
(JOHESU) was “politically motivated.”
The organisation alleged that the
JOHESU strike was “induced by looters, fraudsters and economic saboteurs who
have issues with President Muhammadu Buhari and his administration”.
Addressing a joint press conference
in Jos, the National Coordinator, Maimuna Abdullahi, and Secretary of the
group, Saeed Siraj, noted that the action was meant to demarket the current
administration ahead of the 2019 general elections.
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Noting that workers’ welfare,
including conditions of service, salaries, and other emoluments should be the
utmost of their employers, the group believed that the strike was in a bid to
score undue political points.
NYF said: “We are bound to
dissociate ourselves from the premeditated and politically sponsored strike by
JOHESU which was wickedly designed to punish poor and innocent Nigerians, all
in a bid to score undue political points.
“It is absolutely illegal and
unheard of, to file an appeal challenging an ex-parte order; ex-parte order can
only be vacated. We use this medium to call on the Attorney-General and
Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, SAN, to charge the leadership of JOHESU
extraction for contempt of court.
“In the same vein, we admonish the
management of all the medical facilities to lay off all erring members who have
refused to report for duty as mandated by the Industrial court, this
lawlessness must stop now.”
The group urged the Federal
Government and state governors to “take decisive action against self – seeking
unions like JOHESU.”
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