health workers on strike (photo credit: The Nation)
The current strike by the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) is “politically motivated,” according to the Northern Youths Forum.
National Coordinator of the group Maimuna Abdullahi noted this in a press conference on Wednesday in Jos the Plateau state capital.
According to him, the strike was “induced by looters, fraudsters and economic saboteurs who have issues with President Muhammadu Buhari and his administration.”
The NYF added that, “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.”