The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and the Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations have announced an indefinite nationwide strike beginning Saturday, November 15, 2025, following the Federal Government’s failure to address key welfare concerns.
In a statement issued on Friday and signed by JOHESU National Chairman, Comrade Kabiru Ado Minjibir, the unions said the decision became necessary after the government failed to implement the adjusted Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) and resolve other long-standing issues affecting health workers across the country.
The move comes amid an ongoing indefinite strike by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), who are protesting unpaid hazard allowance arrears, poor working conditions, and the non-implementation of previously agreed welfare reforms.
With doctors and allied health professionals now off duty, services in federal teaching hospitals and other major health institutions are expected to be severely disrupted nationwide.
