KEY DEMANDS MUST BE MET BEFORE WE SUSPEND STRIKE, NURSES INSIST

The National Chairman of the National Association of Nurses and Midwives – Federal Health Institutions Sector, Morakinyo-Olajide Rilwan, has insisted that the union will not suspend its ongoing strike until key aspects of their demands are addressed.

Despite holding a meeting with the Minister of Labour on Tuesday at the expiration of its 15-day ultimatum issued on 14 July, 2025, the union carried on with the industrial action on Wednesday.

Speaking during televised interview on Thursday, Rilwan said that the striking nurses will ignore calls by the government to return to duty without meeting some of their demands.

Asked what would happen if the government requests that they first return to work as it considers their demands, Rilwan said, “That is what the government will definitely ask for — that we should suspend the strike so they can look at our demands.

He said that they gave government enough time to respond to their demands before embarking on the 7-day warning strike, but nothing was done.