{
  "id": 17519627,
  "title": "Health Workers Mobilise for Showdown with FG over 13-year Salary Adjustment Delay",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/health-workers-mobilise-for-showdown-with-fg-over-13-year-salary",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-01T02:31:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/11/01/health-workers-mobilise-for-showdown-with-fg-over-13-year-salary-adjustment-delay/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) have initiated mobilization efforts among health workers across the country, preparing for potential industrial action due to the federal government's prolonged delay in implementing the Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) adjustment. This critical issue has persisted for approximately thirteen years, with JOHESU unequivocally stating its unwillingness to accept any further postponement of the agreed-upon resolution.\n\nAt an urgent National Executive Council (NEC) virtual meeting on Thursday, October 29, 2026, JOHESU affiliates and organizations from both federal and state levels unanimously agreed to accelerate the implementation of the CONHESS adjustment, warning that they would not tolerate any attempts to obstruct the process. President Bola Tinubu had vowed in June 2023 to make the adjustment a reality, but JOHESU claims that the government has allowed the situation to deteriorate, alleging that the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare's forwarded report to the Budget Office of the Federation and the Presidential Committee on Salaries could not meet, thus delaying the necessary action.\n\nJOHESU lauds the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) for their proactive involvement in securing the adjustment, recognizing it as the most enduring demand in organized labor history. The union also emphasizes the Trade Unions Act, Cap T14, LFN, 2004, which grants trade unions the authority to negotiate benefit packages and collective bargaining agreements on behalf of their members. Consequently, JOHESU has placed its members on alert, initiating mobilization across all health facilities nationwide in preparation for possible industrial action and potential resistance if the government complies with attempts to thwart the demand.",
  "summary": "Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) have begun mobilising health workers nationwide for possible industrial action over the federal government’s failure to implement the Consolidated Health",
  "key_points": [
    "Federal government delays implementing Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) adjustment.",
    "JOHESU accuses government of obstructing process, citing report failures."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The mobilization of health workers signals a breaking point in labor relations as unions shift from long-term negotiation to direct industrial action to force the government's long-delayed salary adjustments.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}