Restroom:
At the end of the day, will the federal government honour any decision mediated by the Industrial Court? This strike, Jones and NMA is all about money money politics!

Johesu don't know how to lobby! They are fighting the minister to increase their pay, but have not shown to the minister what he will get in return for jacking up their pay.In Nigeria nothing goes for nothing!

NMA know how to lobby their way!They tax themselves, by deducting raw cash from doctors salaries, contribute it to one pool and splash the dough on the minister of health and everyone else concerned.

They don't mind collecting 50k from each doctor in federal Government payroll in Nigeria and then splash the minister of health with say 20million or 22million naira, to increase their pay! After collecting 22million from NMA or thereabout, he sign whatever pay increase NMA and ARD demands for!

So what this strike has shown is that, JOHESU does not want to splash money on the minister, to make their own money!

If Johesu leaders give the minister of health say 10million for example has gift, o boy, Adewole will sign that paper sharply and order ministry of health, budget and what have you to increase Johesu pay!

Johesu leaders have not understood this simple effective cunning man die, cunning man bury am logic of Nigerian politicians.

Benite:
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja

The Joint Health Sector Union on Thursday called off its 43-day-old strike, directing its members to resume work on Friday.

The body also lambasted the Federal Government for failing to meet its demands.

The directive was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the National Executive Council meeting of JOHESU and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations in Abuja.

The communiqué read in part, “The various gains from the meetings with the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, were presented to the NEC of JOHESU.

“After exhaustive deliberations and discussions, the NEC in session approved that the six-week old strike be suspended this day Thursday, May 31, 2018 because of the sympathy the unions have for the suffering Nigerian masses and also to pave way for further negotiations to continue on Monday, June 4, 2018.”

The union maintained that the strike was not political but was based on the principle of fairness and justice.

It, however, had harsh words for the Federal Government for failing to honour its promise of increasing the salaries of health workers.



http://punchng.com/breaking-johesu-suspends-43-day-strike-orders-workers-to-resume-work-on-friday/

worlexy:
The message is now clear, you can only earn what a doctor earns only if you go to medical school and earn the degree, I mean the real MBBS degree, not Doctor of Pharmacy, Optometry or Medical Lab science degrees.

Enuguboy4nsk:

medicine has always been an ancient professional course... as old as your great great great great great grandfather

worlexy:
The message is now clear, you can only earn what a doctor earns only if you go to medical school and earn the degree, I mean the real MBBS degree, not Doctor of Pharmacy, Optometry or Medical Lab science degrees.

nelszx:

When you leave the obvious and choose trivialities
Answer my question and forge ahead
Medicine and surgery in Nigeria started as what at Yaba tech?
It was even a ND programme

Tflex01:


Ignorance

Doctor of pharmacy was just recently approved in Nigeria. Come back and read this comment when the graduates start using it to enter into government service.

The funny thing on Nairaland is that most of you guys that are trying to give an impression that you are Doctors are not even one.

Enuguboy4nsk:

doctor of pharmacy has been in voke since from uniben... I have a female pharmacist friend who has D'pharm.. it's so useless to her and others..

nelszx:

When you leave the obvious and choose trivialities
Answer my question and forge ahead
Medicine and surgery in Nigeria started as what at Yaba tech?
It was even a ND programme

Tflex01:


Ignorance

Doctor of pharmacy was just recently approved in Nigeria. Come back and read this comment when the graduates start using it to enter into government service.

The funny thing on Nairaland is that most of you guys that are trying to give an impression that you are Doctors are not even one.

bpalace:

ultron12345:
Chai......i can only imagine the look on Amarabae's face on hearing this news, priceless. NLs auxiliary matron, chairgirl of johesu nairaland chapter. The auxiliary matron who is equal to a doctor minus surgery. She and her cohorts will be crying blood right now, maybe she's even dead from a heart attack or stroke she got upon hearing this news. I feel her pain, her high hopes of becoming a consultant auxiliary nurse where heartlessly dashed, just like that, chai, this is wickedness, WAEC crushed her dreams of study medicine, now NMA/FG have dashed her hopes of been called consultant and earning like doctors.

Amarabae, if u like, shout from now till next 2000 years, doctors will always head you and receive far more than you, it was so before you were born and it will continue to be so. Be expecting a pay rise for doctors soon. If you don't like it, go and buy jamb form and apply for MBBS or better still, you can jump into the lagoon.

I sympathize with you Amarabae, better start preparing to resume work tomorrow and take orders from the doctors, even medical students . Hope the shame won't kill you, just try and bear it. It's a pity.


Once again, my heart felt condolences to Amarabae and her fellow johesu cohorts.

MrBigiman:


A brief tutorial. The first Nigerian Doctor began studies in Nigeria, but had to complete his studies in the UK, because the professional MBBS exams in Nigeria was not accredited at the time. Lab science in Nigeria is formulating all sort of ridiculous programs, unregulated by any sane body. That course is filled with dullards wearing white lab coats to cover their ignorance.

Enuguboy4nsk:

doctor of pharmacy has been in voke since from uniben... I have a female pharmacist friend who has D'pharm.. it's so useless to her and others..

worlexy:
Those of us that are not, will write JAMB and choose to be the real doctor, not impostors.

drsugar:
The foundation of JOHESU is faulty at it's core. Every member has this mindset that "WE ARE UNITED AGAINST DOCTORS". Doctors are supposed to be seen as their benefactors, but they see them as oppressors. The association gives their members FALSE HOPES that they can achieve the status of a doctor through confrontation with doctors instead of through academic means (Studying Medicine). They have also brainwashed their members to think that you are nobody in the health sector if you are not a doctor (This is FALSE) . If you distinguish yourself as a nurse or pharmacists, you'll get the respect you deserve, even more than some doctors. I have many examples of highly respected nurses and pharmacists in the country that you'll never see in the gathering of JOHESU. These are nurses and pharmacists who have made names for themselves and even professors of medicine accord them their respect.



Lastly I'll like to advise the nurses and pharmacists. You are being used by these other guys. Medicine and dentistry, pharmacy and nursing are the 3 core clinical speciality. These other guys are upgraded technicians (they used to be diploma courses). They are using you guys to achieve their aims while you get little or nothing.


Also, for the gatemen, office clerks, record keepers who still think and hope that one day one day JOHESU will take them to the level of a medical doctor through strike actions and confrontations and insulting doctors on facebook; I say a big congratulations in advance to you.

descartes400:
My father died this afternoon because of this strike. He had stroke caused by a tumor in the brain (high grade glioma) and was supposed to have been operated on in university of Abuja specialist teaching hospital before they went on strike.

worlexy:
Those of us that are not, will write JAMB and choose to be the real doctor, not impostors.

Tflex01:


Ignorance

Doctor of pharmacy was just recently approved in Nigeria. Come back and read this comment when the graduates start using it to enter into government service.

The funny thing on Nairaland is that most of you guys that are trying to give an impression that you are Doctors are not even one.

docadams:



MBBS is MBBS. It has no equal. Previously when you are employed with MBBS. It is as Lecturer Ii. I don't know for now. Where does your Pharm D belong in the university scale

CircleOfWilis:
Eya JOHESU.....dey were bullied, negotiating with an enemy isn't a good thing actually....from Minister of health to minister labor then to Senate president.

E didn't easy, enjoy where God has placed u , envy/ jealousy dey kill.

lordkush:
nigeria is indeed a shithole

so because the minister of health is a doctor,

minister of state a doctor

Even minister of labour is a doctor

all the cmd in federal and general hospitals are doctors


wher 're the nurses, med scientists, pharmacists, microbiologists, chemists, these 're all professionals. they attended universities
just like the doctors.


as it stands now. a house officer the lowest cadre of doctors earn 180k. I have seen the pay slip of a friend that works in irrua specialist teaching hospital.

I'm neither a doc or a pharmacist or a nurse
but the disparity and cheating is too much mhen.


let's call a spade a spade.
Thank u for calling a spade a spade , but I will tell u that u don't even know what the spade is in this subject matter .
Have u studied the breakdown of the pay slip of the Doctor in question . compare the basic salary per grade level. U will see that the retio is just 1:1.5 level for level
What make the difference in the salary is CALL DUTY ALLOWANCE. Most other health workers run shifts ( except for those working in the theatre like periop nurses and anaesthetic nurses and they are being paid accordingly, their salaries are more than their colleagues)
My call duty allowance alone is over 80k . people that run shift work for less than 2wks in a month ( hope u know ?) - 6hrs daily , and all sorts of off duties, eg if they do 5 days of night duty is like a week or 5days off
Do u know what calls means ? U come to work normally , for house officers like 6am ( for IPR) and u will start u call to cover for all others not on call from 4pm till 8am the next day to continue ur normal work ( many times u won't even take ur bath and u will put on tie as if all is well!)
The call each doctor is supposed to take is 40units/ month maximum for normal function of the brain ( WHO standard and that is what is obtained in the developed world ) .This is what we do withing a week or 2 in Nigeria.
That is why u see doctors being pained when this people make reference to our salary and the public will Carry it without knowing the real operations of the health sector . Have u seen the table posted here compering doctors and other workers salaries abroad ? Did u ask ur self why they do not fight over there on salary discrepancy? , because they know their input and are highly satisfied with their profession .It can only happen in Nigeria. Lab scientists hanging stethoscopes and parading themselves docs .
Do u know it is a crime to introduce urself as a doctor without adding the next suffix to it abroad? Eg I'm Dr dash , a toxicological pharmacist, I'm doctor that a colostomy nurse . it is only medical doctor that can address him or herself as docs without adding any suffix . Not here in Nigeria , they will even put doctor on duty stickers on their cars.

lordkush:
nigeria is indeed a shithole

so because the minister of health is a doctor,

minister of state a doctor

Even minister of labour is a doctor

all the cmd in federal and general hospitals are doctors


wher 're the nurses, med scientists, pharmacists, microbiologists, chemists, these 're all professionals. they attended universities
just like the doctors.


as it stands now. a house officer the lowest cadre of doctors earn 180k. I have seen the pay slip of a friend that works in irrua specialist teaching hospital.

I'm neither a doc or a pharmacist or a nurse
but the disparity and cheating is too much mhen.


let's call a spade a spade.

It isn't same job responsibility.
Someone earns 35k in same bank where another earns 2 million.
Job responsibilities matters.

descartes400:
My father died this afternoon because of this strike. He had stroke caused by a tumor in the brain (high grade glioma) and was supposed to have been operated on in university of Abuja specialist teaching hospital before they went on strike.

MrBigiman:


Bros MBBS is slightly higher than a masters. If u doubt check WHO organogram for degrees.

docadams:


It is actually Ph D.However, MBBS suffered a misfortune recently due to the ineptitude of NPMCN. But efforts are on to correct the anomaly with the NUC.