Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital workers protest in Enugu , give ultimatum

Workers of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, FNH, Enugu have staged a peaceful protest and handed down a 21-day ultimatum to the management within which
to address what they described as poor welfare package or be ready for a showdown.
The protesting workers under the aegis of Joint Health Sector Union, JOHESU, marched round the premises of the hospital with several placards as a board meeting was going on.
The aggrieved workers sang solidarity songs and displayed placards, some read: “Pay our nurses their uniform allowance,” “Pay us our teaching allowance” and “A cry for help from Ministry of Health and Presidency.” Presenting a written demands of the workers to the chairman of the Board of the hospital, Chief Acho Nwakamma, Chairman of JOHESU, FNH chapter, Comrade Ejimadu Alozie, warned that if the demands were not met at the expiration of the ultimatum, the workers “will embark on major industrial action.”
He listed the demands to include payment of the 2014 and 2015 yearly increment arrears, payment of arrears of teaching allowances with effect from May 2014 till date, payment of 2011, 2012 and 2013 promotion arrears and release of 2014 promotion exercise and payment of arrears. Others are payment of union check-off dues, payment of 2014 and 2015 uniform allowance to nurses, refund of over-deduction in 2014 December salary, conversion of qualified staff, wrong placement of staff, immediate conduct of 2015 promotion exercise, among others.
Responding, the Chairman of the Board, Chief Acho Nwakamma, promised to wade into the matter, saying, “we are going to meet and all these issues will be looked into and we will collectively work out ways of getting them solved.”