{"id":24588,"date":"2020-07-15T13:55:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T13:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=24588"},"modified":"2020-07-15T13:55:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T13:55:56","slug":"resume-work-or-be-sacked-akwa-ibom-threatens-striking-health-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=24588","title":{"rendered":"Resume work or be sacked, Akwa Ibom threatens striking health workers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Akwa Ibom State Government on Wednesday asked striking health workers to resume work immediately or risk being sacked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The threat was contained in a statement by the commissioner for information, Mr. Charles Udoh, adding that the strike action by the Joint Health Workers Union (JOHESU) was ill-conceived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Udoh also described as \u2018unreasonable\u2019 JOHESU\u2019s demand for payment of 50% of basic salaries<\/a> as hazard allowance in the prevailing harsh economic climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cThis is in spite of concerted efforts by government to provide the best of working conditions for health workers in the state, including up to date payment of all due salaries and allowances, which makes our state one of the best paying states in the health sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe efforts of the state government in this regard has continued to receive widespread commendations from various healthcare stakeholders in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAgainst this backdrop, government is constrained to state that it is unreasonable and also unlawful for healthcare professionals to embark on any form of strike action during period of Coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTherefore, a full compliment of related healthcare professionals are expected at their duty posts unfailingly, as required by the terms and conditions of their employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAny staff not found on duty will be considered to be no longer interested in the job and will be relieved of such duty with immediate effect. The relevant health authorities have been mandated to conduct head count\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The state government further disclosed that it has made adequate arrangements to ensure that those interested in performing their lawful duties are allowed to do so without disruption or molestation of any sort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnyone found obstructing or disrupting healthcare operations any where in the state, under the pretext of an industrial action, will be apprehended and prosecuted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is criminal for anyone to obstruct health care workers from performing their legitimate duties in this period of emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGovernment is aware that the ill conceived industrial action and blatant act of sabotage by JOHESU is sponsored by political detractors with an underlying intent to vandalize healthcare facilities in the state,\u201d Udoh further said, adding that security agencies in the state have been fully briefed to ensure the continued protection of lives and property, using all legal means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCitizens and residents are enjoined to continue to cooperate with government in the fight to curtail the surge of the COVID19 Pandemic in our state,\u201d he assured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Akwa Ibom State Government on Wednesday asked striking health workers to resume work immediately or risk being sacked. The threat was contained in a statement by the commissioner for information, Mr. Charles Udoh, adding that the strike action by the Joint Health Workers Union (JOHESU) was ill-conceived. Udoh also described as \u2018unreasonable\u2019 JOHESU\u2019s demand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[20,6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nResume work or be sacked, Akwa Ibom threatens striking health workers » WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=24588\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=24588#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Employment\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=20\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Resume work or be sacked, Akwa Ibom threatens striking health workers\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Resume work or be sacked, Akwa Ibom threatens striking health workers » WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=24588","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=24588#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Employment","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=20"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Resume work or be sacked, Akwa Ibom threatens striking health workers"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=20\" rel=\"category\">Employment<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=6\" rel=\"category\">Health<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The Akwa Ibom State Government on Wednesday asked striking health workers to resume work immediately or risk being sacked. The threat was contained in a statement by the commissioner for information, Mr. Charles Udoh, adding that the strike action by the Joint Health Workers Union (JOHESU) was ill-conceived. Udoh also described as \u2018unreasonable\u2019 JOHESU\u2019s demand…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24588"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24588"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24588\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}