Adedokun Waliyu 
President Bola Tinubu has appealed to striking health sector workers to call their actions off, promising to resolve all issues in dispute.
President Tinubu made the appeal in his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, during an audience with leaders of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), an affiliate of the Nigeria Labour Congress.
According to a statement by the Director of Information in the State House, Abiodun Oladunjoye, the President also restated that his administration will revive and restore public confidence in the health sector in Nigeria.
He harped on the importance of the health sector and its professionals as one of commitment to humanity, promising to resolve all identified problems plaguing the system for optimum performance.
While urging the striking union to return to work, the President said: “the health sector is one sector with a commitment to humanity. We will resolve all the problems. Trust must be enshrined in all discussions. I promise you we will accelerate this. We will resolve all the issues. Please go back to work”.
While expressing the readiness of the union to get its members back to work, Acting Chairman, Dr. Obinna Ogbonna, pleaded with President Tinubu to pay attention to the health care delivery system in Nigeria through adequate investment in healthcare infrastructure and better welfare for workers in the sector to stop the brain drain.
