Lagos Nurses Strike:  Gov Babajide Sanwo-Olu Meets Nurses Association

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State

The Lagos council of the Nigerian Association of Nurses and Midwives may today call off its industrial action following the truce with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

The governor held a closed-door meeting with members of the association on Sunday evening where the grievances of the nursing workforce in the State were addressed.

According to insidebusiness.ng, “At the two hours meeting, both the Government and the union agreed on a number of issues that had been causing disaffection between the two parties.

“Governor Sanwo-Olu at the meeting pledged Government’s sincerity in the implementation of all that was agreed on, to the delight of the representatives of the nurses.”

On his part, chairman, Lagos State Council of the Nigerian Association of Nurses and Midwives, Comrade Olurotimi Awojide thanked Governor Sanwo-Olu for acceding to most of their requests.

Awojide promised to call an emergency congress of the association on Monday, where the union will announce her decision to call off the planned industrial action.