Health employees, consisting of nurses, medical lab researchers and non-academic personnel, to name a few, started a three-day caution strike on Monday at the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, after a medical lab researcher at the health center, Mr Lawal Olasunkanmi, was apparently stabbed on Sunday night by a client’s relative.
The notification for the alerting strike was consisted of in a demonstration letter to the Medical Director of the health center, dated October 12 and composed by the Joint Action Committee consisting of 5 unions: the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospital, Research and Associated Institutions, Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals, and Non-Academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions.
The unions specified, “On behalf of the management and whole members of our union, we compose to reveal our extensive annoyance, outrage, and deep issue over the regrettable and inappropriate event in which among our associates (Mr Lawal Toheeb Olasunkanmi), a Medical Laboratory Scientist, was stabbed by a client’s relative last night within our Centre.
“This barbaric act of violence versus a health care employee performing their expert obligations is condemnable and need to not be treated with levity. We consider this event a major attack on the self-respect, security, and well-being of health care experts who devote their time, understanding, and energy to supplying important medical services to clients and the general public.”
The employees stated it was deeply troubling that a center developed to maintain life and promote recovery had actually ended up being a location where health care employees might be subjected to physical attacks while releasing their legal responsibilities.
They included, “No health care employee should have to be threatened, attacked, or stabbed in the course of offering care. Dispute, aggravation, or discontentment with any service rendered in the healthcare facility can not validate violence under any scenario.
“We want to state unquestionably that this occurrence is not simply an attack on the afflicted Medical Laboratory Scientist; it is an attack on the whole labor force of this Centre. An injury to one member of our expert neighborhood refers cumulative issue, and we can not stay quiet while the security of our members is positioned in jeopardy.”
The unions for that reason contacted the management of the healthcare facility to make sure that the occurrence was officially reported to the proper police authorities which the supposed foe was examined and taken to court in accordance with the law.
They alerted that no effort needs to be made to hide, trivialise or settle the major act of violence in a way that weakened responsibility.
The employees likewise required that the afflicted medical lab researcher get timely and extensive medical attention, mental assistance where needed, and all suitable institutional help throughout his healing.
The unions likewise advised the management of the health center to urgently evaluate and enhance security plans throughout the centre, especially in medical and laboratory locations, emergency situation systems and other susceptible places.
The employees, to name a few needs, required an immediate conference in between the management and union management to resolve the event, evaluation existing security spaces and settle on concrete procedures with clear timelines to ensure the security of all personnel.
The striking personnel likewise required the facility and enforcement of a company policy versus hazards, intimidation, harassment and physical attack versus personnel, with clear treatments for reporting events and proper cooperation with security and police.
The unions included, “In uniformity with our hurt associate and in demonstration versus this undesirable act of violence, the union thus notify of beginning of 72 hours’ caution strike, efficient from today 12th October, 2026 11:00 am and go back to work by Thursday 15th October, by 8:00 am.
“This action is meant to register our cumulative annoyance, need responsibility, and force immediate and significant action to attend to the security issues facing our members. It is likewise a company declaration that the labor force will decline a circumstance in which health care experts are exposed to avoidable acts of violence without sufficient security and institutional reaction.”
Speaking with our reporter on Monday, the representative for the medical facility, Mrs Gbemisola Olatunji, stated the management had actually currently met the unions to fix the crisis.
Olatunji stated the unions provided their needs, while the employee who was assaulted had actually been required to the Kemta Police Station, where he made a main declaration about the attack.
She stated, “The management held a conference with all the joint unions this afternoon, and the management pleaded, on behalf of the public, to suspend their choice. The unions likewise provided their needs.
“The management had actually currently reported it to Kemta Police Station, and the personnel included has actually gone to provide his declaration this afternoon. The MD really took him to the station; he has actually offered his declaration, and part of what the unions desired is that the individual ought to be apprehended and prosecuted, and the authorities are currently.
“We likewise concurred that there will be more security around the environment to make individuals understand that when you concern the health center, you are not to assault individuals who are going to treat you.
“If you have grievances, you have a lot of outlets that you can utilize to make recognized your grievance rather of assaulting members of personnel that are treating you. Far, we are hoping that by tomorrow, the unions will be back to their responsibility posts.”
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