{"id":26267,"date":"2025-08-02T17:43:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T17:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/?p=26267"},"modified":"2025-08-02T17:44:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T17:44:01","slug":"nurses-call-off-nationwide-warning-strike-after-government-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/?p=26267","title":{"rendered":"Nurses Call Off Nationwide Warning Strike After Government Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nigeria\u2019s National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has suspended its seven-day warning strike following negotiations with the federal government.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision was announced in a statement by NANNM\u2019s National President, Haruna Mamman, and General Secretary, T.A. Shettima, after the association reviewed a Memorandum of Understanding with the government.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNEC acknowledges the positive steps taken by the Federal Government in responding to the nine core demands of NANNM, particularly the commitment to clear timelines for implementation,\u201d the statement read.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The association directed nurses to return to work immediately and warned state councils against penalizing members for participating in the strike.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNEC appreciates the commitment and solidarity of all members throughout this action and reiterates that NANNM remains steadfast in defending the welfare, dignity, and professional rights of all nurses and midwives in Nigeria,\u201d the statement added.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NANNM\u2019s leadership will monitor the government\u2019s compliance with the agreed terms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has suspended its seven-day warning strike following negotiations with the federal government. The decision was announced in a statement by NANNM\u2019s National President, Haruna Mamman, and General Secretary, T.A. Shettima, after the association reviewed a Memorandum of Understanding with the government. \u201cNEC acknowledges the positive steps taken by the Federal Government in responding to the nine core demands of NANNM, particularly the commitment to clear timelines for implementation,\u201d the statement read. The association directed nurses to return to work immediately and warned state councils against penalizing members for participating in the strike. \u201cNEC appreciates the commitment and solidarity of all members throughout this action and reiterates that NANNM remains steadfast in defending the welfare, dignity, and professional rights of all nurses and midwives in Nigeria,\u201d the statement added. NANNM\u2019s leadership will monitor the government\u2019s compliance with the agreed terms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26269,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26267\/revisions\/26269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}