ABSUTH Medical And Health Workers Union Renew Strike Over Unpaid Salaries

Employees of the Abia State University Teaching Hospital Aba, ABSUTH have commenced another round of strike less than two months after Resident Doctors of the institution suspended their over two years of industrial action, after being paid about seven months of the over two-years’ salary arrears. However, their counterparts from other sectors, including consultants, nurses and allied medical staff on Thursday November 17th, announced the withdrawal of their services, citing the failure of the Abia state government to extend to them the same gesture which it showed to the resident doctors. “The issue at stake now is that…

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