Nigeria: Doctors, Nurses Threaten Nation-Wide Strike Over Poor Welfare

…Nurses begin 7-day warning strike

Nigeria’s health sector is set for another major crisis, as both the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, and the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, NANNM, have issued strike notices over longstanding grievances against the Federal Government, raising fears of a total collapse of public healthcare services.

While the NMA, has handed the Federal Government a 21-day ultimatum to meet its demands or face a total and indefinite nationwide strike by…