The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has suspended its nationwide strike following an agreement with the federal government to implement overdue salary adjustments and other outstanding demands.
At the conclusion of its extended national executive council (NEC) emergency meeting, which took place in Abuja on Friday, the union called off the strike.
The purpose of the meeting was to examine the results of the conciliation between the federal government and JOHESU, which took place at the federal ministry of labour and employment headquarters on Thursday.
In response to what it described as the federal government’s ongoing inability to implement the adjusted consolidated health wage structure (CONHESS) and address long-standing welfare and systemic difficulties affecting health workers, the union launched an indefinite nationwide strike on November 15, 2025.
In a communique issued after the meeting, JOHESU said the strike has been suspended to “allow for the implementation of the FG-JOHESU Terms of Settlements”.
“After exhaustive deliberations and review of the terms of settlement of the conciliation meeting, the expanded NEC session voted unanimously to suspend the ongoing indefinite nationwide strike action to allow for the implementation of the FG-JOHESU terms of settlement,” the communique reads.
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“While appreciating the masses for their understanding throughout the period of the industrial action, we appeal to consumers of health that a recurring infliction of injustice and a huge trust deficit necessitated this unfortunate and avoidable JOHESU nationwide strike and hope that the Federal Government as well as other state governments show both sensitivity and responsibility in ensuring Nigerians avoid this depth of suffering in the foreseeable future.”
“The third meeting was the emergency conciliation meeting convened on February 5, 2026, arising from the 14-day ultimatum issued by the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to FG on the implementation of the adjustment of CONHESS,” the communique said.
The Union also said it was agreed that the “budgetary allocation to take care of the implementation of the adjustment of CONHESS must form a cardinal part and projection of the 2026 Appropriation Act, and that the “NO WORK, NO PAY” directive would be withdrawn and the January 2026 salaries of JOHESU members be paid immediately.”
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