FMC Owerri staffs ends prolonged strike action HWN STRIKE UPDATE

Workers of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri have called off their three months industrial action embarked upon, following allegations of mismanagement and high handedness against the Medical Director, Dr. Angela Uwakwem. The strike was called off as the Medical Director has been asked to proceed on compulsory leave.
 
Leaders of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) yesterday at a rally at the FMC, declared that the strike action has come to an end as they directed workers of the hospital to resume work immediately.
 
National President of NUAHP, Comrade Obinna Ogbonna, while commending the workers for their courage and steadfastness in the face of intimidations revealed that Dr. Uwakwem, has been directed by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity, to proceed on compulsory leave while a fact finding committee headed by a representative from the Ministry of Labour and Productivity will commence investigations into the crises that engulfed the centre. Part of the committee’s terms of reference include taking a look at the petition sent by the union on June 3, 2015 over gross financial misconduct and high Handedness against the Medical Director and any other relevant document submitted.
 
 
The Public Relations Officer of NUAHP, FMC Owerri chapter, Comrade Samuel Nwokeji, stated that workers have been asked to resume work , informing that an Acting Medical Director has been appointed in the person of Dr. Bennett Ajuonuma, who was until his new appointment is the Head of Clinical Services (HCS).
 
Source: New Telegraph, HWN Africa.