Ondo Government sues for unity among health unions
The Ondo State Government has urged unions in the health sector to unite and work towards quality healthcare delivery in the state.
Special Adviser to the Governor on Health Matters, Prof. Dayo Faduyile, gave the advice on Thursday in Akure through a statement issued by the Press Officer in the State Ministry of Health, Mr Samson Omotayo.
Omotayo said Faduyile spoke at the inaugural meeting of the Committee on Peace and Conflict Resolution in the State Health Sector.
He said that the committee was set up to dissect issues affecting all health workers to achieve success in the sector.
He asked the committee to re-launch health workers into the heart of the people of the state.
According to him, it was high time; the unions stopped the cold war among them and have a good working relationship.
The SA said that health workers in the state should see themselves as brothers’ keepers.
Faduyile said that as a formidable team to champion the course of the sector, the stage was set to use the committee to right the wrongs in the sector.
Earlier, the State Chairman, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr. Stella Adegbehingbe, said that there was disunity among health personnel, saying this had affected the smooth running of the sector.
Adegbehingbe lauded the setting up of the committee, which she said, would chart a new way forward, assuring that NMA would support the committee to succeed.
In his remarks, the State Chairman of Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Mr Eniola Akindeko, appreciated the SA for constituting the committee, describing it as timely.
He said that setting up of the committee would go a long way bringing peace and harmony among health unions.
Also, the State Chairman of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Mr Kehinde Olomiye, said that the in-fighting among the various health unions was an ill-wind that blew no good.
Olomiye called for more collaboration among the unions for peace to reign.
Similarly, the state Chairman of Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, Mr Olawale Ogunmola, said that the committee was a welcome development and promised to support its activities.
The State Chairman, Association of Health Records and Information Management Practitioners of Nigeria (AHRIMPN), Mr Emmanuel Orimoloye, corroborated the earlier speakers’ views on the committee.
Orimoloye promised that AHRIMPN would not be left behind in the activities of the committee.
