Nurses in Nigeria walk out for 7-day strike after government fails to meet ultimatum

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Nurses in Nigeria walk out for 7-day strike after government fails to meet ultimatum  Healthcare workers across Nigeria walked out for a 7-day strike at midnight on Tuesday after the government failed to respond to a 15-day ultimatum issued by the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives.    READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/07/30/nurses-in-nigeria-walk-out-for-7-day-strike-after-government-fails-to-meet-ultimatum  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Healthcare workers across Nigeria walked out for a seven-day strike at midnight

00:05on Tuesday after the government failed to respond to a 15-day ultimatum issued

00:11by the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives. Now the country's

00:18bracing for a total shutdown of nursing services in all federal medical centers

00:23including teaching hospitals specialist hospitals and eye centers. General

00:29hospitals and primary health care centers are also affected but private

00:34hospitals remain fully staffed. Earlier this month the Nurses Association which

00:41has some 25,000 members said it was disappointed by a recent salary review

00:47that the group said offered inadequate allowances for nurses on call or working

00:52nights and weekends. As well as an increase in pay the Association is asking the

00:57Ministry of Health to create a Department of Nursing. They're also calling for

01:03safer working conditions and better equipped hospitals.

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