Anambra Health Workers Urge Governor Soludo To Pay Full CONHESS

Governor Charles Soludo has been urged by the Organized Health Sector Unions in Anambra to fully implement the 100 percent Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) for health workers in order to prevent a potential fresh industrial action in the state.

Mr. Charles Nwoye, the spokesperson for the group and chairman of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals in Anambra, made the appeal to the governor while addressing journalists in Nnewi on Thursday.

He stressed that the federal government had in 2010 approved CONHESS for health workers and reviewed it in 2023.

Nwoye disclosed that the health workers in Anambra had not enjoyed the salary structure to the fullest since 2010 when it was put in place.

According to him, only the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) for the medical and dental practitioners was implemented, and theirs was left behind.

“Even in recent times, they enjoyed the full 100 percent of their CONMESS, and our own is left at 50 percent.

“Through agitation our union engaged in two years ago, the Teaching Hospital was able to draw our members up to 90 percent implementation of that CONHESS.

“At present, since last year, we have been writing the present administration of our able working governor, Soludo, who has demonstrated his concern for the people of Anambra and his commitment to the development of the state.

“This was in line with his campaign promises to make Anambra the Dubai of Africa. We believe that Anambra will not completely become the Dubai of Africa without the health sector also being fully carried along,” he said.

Nwoye expressed the health workers appreciation to the union members whose activities had led to Anambra’s health sector being adjudged among the best in the country.

He revealed that it was as a result of the productivity of the health workers that gave credence to the satisfaction of government policies in the health sector.

Nwoye argued that if the government had all its wonderful and beautiful policies, there would not be any positive result if the workers were not result-orientated.