The Federal Government has appealed to the striking health workers, especially the nurses, to call off the ongoing strike, saying the contentious issues can be resolved through negotiations.
Already, the Federal Government said it will be meeting with the leadership of the nurses and doctors on Friday in a bid to thrash out all the issues that led to the strike.
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Alli Pate, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the Council Chambers, Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The Minister also announced the approval of the Oncology Centre in the University College Hospital, Ibadan, adding that the Bola Tinubu administration is driving a revolution in the health sector.
In other news, while the Abia State government continues its retrofitting of 200 primary health centres, residents of Isingwu Ofemme community in Umuahia North Local Government Area are voicing concerns over the deteriorating state of their own health facility.
Community leaders, speaking with newsmen, appealed for urgent government intervention to revive the centre, which they say has long been neglected.
Bright Nduchekweme, chairman of the community, lamented the facility’s poor condition, noting that it once served as a lifeline to four surrounding communities but is now barely functional.
His words „ After its commissioning, by former governor Theodore Orji, it became a source of joy to every man and woman in the community,” he recounted.
