Many were called...but chosen are the few. No listening ear will have regrets for VIP crane's music. 2016 lockdown- This talented artiste has taken time to voice out a wake up call for all youths and citizens to rise and aim at being successful in life. This vocalist from Team Fiery Immortals Nation unplugs a rhythm on Gasmillah's instrumental (Ghanaian producer) with several wordplay,proverbs,punch lines, and lovable hooks- above all,a perfect chorus. ' Oluwanishola ' inspires listeners never to be bothered by the ups and downs of life and never to give up regardless of what 'people' say or do. VIP-no doubt is ready to take the music industry to the next height. A couple of his tracks are available online on top blogs and youtube He is soon to release featuring tracks with home-based artistes Horlaitan and Abd'Malik . Abeeb Babalawlar a.k.a VIP crane hails from Osun state but he is for now a Kwara based artiste. The acclaimed 'Vocalist war
The ongoing industrial action by health workers under the aegis of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) is exacting a huge toll on the nation’s beleaguered health system as patients are being turned back in most Federal Government-owned health facilities across the country. Available reports since the strike started, last week, showed that patients at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi Araba, Lagos and the National Orthopedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos were amongst those who could not access treatment on account of the dispute between members of JOHESU and the Federal Ministry of Health. Only a few federal health institutions offered skeletal services for emergency cases, with the story virtually the same in all federal health institutions throughout the country.
This industrial action has once again brought to the fore the instability of the nation’s health sector which has, in recent times, been buffeted by needless strikes. When nurses are not on strike, it will be the doctors who have downed tools over sundry grouses.
The cantankerous relationship among trade unions in the health sector and the inability of the Federal Ministry of Health to evolve pragmatic working policies for each of them are at the root of the unending crises in the sector. Members of JOHESU include pharmacists, nurses, midwives, radiographers, laboratory scientists, morticians and ambulance drivers.
We strongly decry this industrial action. It is one too many, and should have been avoided if government had taken steps to resolve the disagreement between the major categories of workers in the medical team. There is no reason why the dispute should not have been resolved through dialogue. Nigerians are, indeed, tired of the easy recourse to strikes as a means of settling industrial disputes by workers in the country. The time has come for all Nigerian workers, no matter the sector, to explore the dialogue option in settling all disputes with
their employers.
This current dispute revolves around the matter of enhanced conditions of service of health workers and their demand for parity with medical doctors, amongst others. The health workers’ grievances include the failure of government to accede to their demand that other health
workers should be appointed as consultants, heads of health institutions and board members of federal health facilities, instead of the present situation which limits such appointments to medical doctors only.
Government has entered into an agreement with the health workers on some of these demands, but is yet to fully implement them. While we advocate good working conditions for all workers in Nigeria, including those in the health sector, we condemn the incessant deployment of strike as a weapon for resolving all industrial matters. Strike should be the last option when all other options have failed.
We are, indeed, tired of the many strikes in the health sector. Let there be other creative ways of resolving any industrial problem the health workers may have without embarking on strikes because of their deleterious effect on those who rely on public hospitals for health services.
Nigerian workers should look for other ways of resolving industrial problems without downing tools.
The government and the relevant health authorities should also accord recognition and respect to all health professionals in the country.
All of them should work as a team to give the quality medical attention that Nigerians yearn for.
For a permanent solution to the present impasse, let our health authorities study the situation in other countries with respect to the structure
and remuneration of various categories of health workers and design a system that is workable in Nigeria. It is necessary to put an end to the incessant strikes over disparity, status and other mundane things among medical workers. It is not in doubt that all the professionals in
the health sector are vital to the effort to deliver efficient health services in the country. No group can do it alone, while at the same time, each group should be aware of its limitations.
We call on the government and the striking workers to sheathe their swords and go to the negotiating table to iron out their differences.
The Supervising Minister of Health, Dr. Khaliru Alhassan, should open dialogue with the health workers to end this strike. Since he has appealed to the striking workers to embrace dialogue to end this industrial action, let the workers reciprocate his gesture and call off the strike to pave way for negotiations that will lead to industrial harmony in the sector. Effects of strikes such as this are irreversible. Workers in the sector should, therefore, avoid strikes whenever they have disputes with their employers. Above all, government should be bold enough to resolve the disagreement on parity between medical doctors and other health works once and for all.
This industrial action has once again brought to the fore the instability of the nation’s health sector which has, in recent times, been buffeted by needless strikes. When nurses are not on strike, it will be the doctors who have downed tools over sundry grouses.
The cantankerous relationship among trade unions in the health sector and the inability of the Federal Ministry of Health to evolve pragmatic working policies for each of them are at the root of the unending crises in the sector. Members of JOHESU include pharmacists, nurses, midwives, radiographers, laboratory scientists, morticians and ambulance drivers.
We strongly decry this industrial action. It is one too many, and should have been avoided if government had taken steps to resolve the disagreement between the major categories of workers in the medical team. There is no reason why the dispute should not have been resolved through dialogue. Nigerians are, indeed, tired of the easy recourse to strikes as a means of settling industrial disputes by workers in the country. The time has come for all Nigerian workers, no matter the sector, to explore the dialogue option in settling all disputes with
their employers.
This current dispute revolves around the matter of enhanced conditions of service of health workers and their demand for parity with medical doctors, amongst others. The health workers’ grievances include the failure of government to accede to their demand that other health
workers should be appointed as consultants, heads of health institutions and board members of federal health facilities, instead of the present situation which limits such appointments to medical doctors only.
Government has entered into an agreement with the health workers on some of these demands, but is yet to fully implement them. While we advocate good working conditions for all workers in Nigeria, including those in the health sector, we condemn the incessant deployment of strike as a weapon for resolving all industrial matters. Strike should be the last option when all other options have failed.
We are, indeed, tired of the many strikes in the health sector. Let there be other creative ways of resolving any industrial problem the health workers may have without embarking on strikes because of their deleterious effect on those who rely on public hospitals for health services.
Nigerian workers should look for other ways of resolving industrial problems without downing tools.
The government and the relevant health authorities should also accord recognition and respect to all health professionals in the country.
All of them should work as a team to give the quality medical attention that Nigerians yearn for.
For a permanent solution to the present impasse, let our health authorities study the situation in other countries with respect to the structure
and remuneration of various categories of health workers and design a system that is workable in Nigeria. It is necessary to put an end to the incessant strikes over disparity, status and other mundane things among medical workers. It is not in doubt that all the professionals in
the health sector are vital to the effort to deliver efficient health services in the country. No group can do it alone, while at the same time, each group should be aware of its limitations.
We call on the government and the striking workers to sheathe their swords and go to the negotiating table to iron out their differences.
The Supervising Minister of Health, Dr. Khaliru Alhassan, should open dialogue with the health workers to end this strike. Since he has appealed to the striking workers to embrace dialogue to end this industrial action, let the workers reciprocate his gesture and call off the strike to pave way for negotiations that will lead to industrial harmony in the sector. Effects of strikes such as this are irreversible. Workers in the sector should, therefore, avoid strikes whenever they have disputes with their employers. Above all, government should be bold enough to resolve the disagreement on parity between medical doctors and other health works once and for all.
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