I Will Fix Ailing Health Sector, Tinubu Assures JOHESU

President Bola Tinubu has restated that his administration will revive and restore public confidence in the health sector in Nigeria.

The president made the commitment in his office yesterday during an audience with leaders of Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), an affiliate of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).

Tinubu 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.

In a statement by the director information, State House , Abiodun Oladunjoye, he urged the striking workers to return to work.

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,” Tinubu appealed to the union leaders.

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

He said, “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.”

A member of the Executive Council of the JOHESU, Olumide Akintayo, who accompanied Ogbonna to the meeting, urged the federal government to always respond to labour issues and nip them in the bud before they become a full blown industrial crisis.