nurses.
Aggrieved members of the National Association of Nigeria
Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University
Teaching Hospital in Abakaliki have withdrawn from the
association.
The coordinator of the group, Okafor Christian, made the
announcement on Saturday on behalf of his colleagues while briefing
journalists in the Ebonyi state capital.
He explained that they have directed their complaints and
requests to the national leadership of the association, and were
open for dialogue, negotiations and resolutions.
Christian alleged that they were told that the national leaders
had no interest in their requests and were told to either maintain
the status quo or exit the association, as enshrined in the
association’s constitution.
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He accused the union of adopting unproductive and destructive
approaches to issues as in the case of the method of sharing their
check-of-dues generated from the unit, referring to the sharing
formula as national 50 per cent, state 30 per cent and unit 20 per
cent.
The aggrieved members, therefore, called on the leadership of
the association to reduce the check-of-dues to a flat rate
deduction of N1,000.
They also want a refund of those that were checked off dues
without their consent, adding that a letter of apology should be
issued to them.
The aggrieved members insisted that they lacked welfare package
and asked the national leadership to design welfare packages for
members on retirement, chronic illness, and death while in active
service.
According to them, it is the primary essence of unionism.
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