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LAUTECH Teaching Hospital Nurses, Midwives Threaten Strike

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8 months ago

September 11, 2025

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Nurses and midwives at the Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso in Oyo State, on Wednesday, issued a 15-day ultimatum to the hospital management over the alleged neglect of their welfare and conditions of service.

The workers, under the umbrella of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, LAUTECH Teaching Hospital chapter, accused the management of repeatedly sidelining them whenever new benefits were approved for health workers in the state.

This was contained in a statement jointly signed by the Unit Chairman, Ojewumi Olutayo, and the Unit Secretary, Adedokun Foluwake, respectively in Ibadan, the state capital.

The workers noted that while their counterparts in other state-owned facilities had begun enjoying the new national minimum wage, workers of LAUTECH Teaching Hospital had been left out.

They also cited delayed payment of COVID-19 allowances and enhanced hazard allowances as examples of sustained neglect, which they said had pushed workers into economic hardship and low morale.

“Our demands include, Immediate implementation of the new national minimum wage with effect from January 2025, payment of promotion arrears from 2018 to 2024, recruitment of additional nurses to ease the current staff shortage and renovation and proper furnishing of nurses’ stations and rooms.

“The situation has become unbearable, and if the State Government did not intervene in time, we will have no option than to embark on strike at the expiration of the 15-day ultimatum”, the workers warned.

They further argued that the persistent exclusion of LAUTECH workers from state-wide welfare packages could only be corrected if the government took over direct payment of salaries.

The association warned that an industrial action in the hospital, which serves as the only state-owned tertiary health institution and referral centre for patients from Ogbomoso, Oyo, Iseyin, Okeho, Igbeti, Saki, Kisi, Otta, and neighbouring parts of Osun and Kwara States—would severely disrupt access to healthcare.

“The impact will be felt most by pregnant women, children, accident victims, and patients requiring emergency interventions.”

The association, therefore, called on Governor Seyi Makinde to personally intervene, appealing to his sense of fairness and justice to end what they described as a cycle of exclusion that had demoralised nurses and midwives in the institution.

The ultimatum by LAUTECH nurses reflects a wider pattern of labour unrest in Nigeria’s health sector, where disputes over wages, allowances, and poor working conditions persist.

While Oyo State has rolled out welfare packages for health workers, LAUTECH staff claim they have been repeatedly excluded.

As the hospital is the state’s only tertiary referral centre, a strike could disrupt healthcare access for patients across Oyo and neighbouring states.

The dispute underscores systemic challenges in Nigeria’s healthcare system, including underfunding, staffing shortages, and welfare neglect of frontline workers.

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Edo NLC Crisis: Caretaker Committee Drags Rival Exco, Govt To Court

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1 minute ago

May 6, 2026

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The division in the Edo State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), took a new dimension on Wednesday as Prof. Monday Monday Lewis Igbafen-led caretaker committee approached the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Benin Judicial Division, seeking to affirm its authority and restrain a rival executive from parading itself as the council’s leadership.

Joined in the suit are the Edo State Government, the Commissioner for Labour and Productivity, and the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice.

In a suit marked: NICN/BEN/12/2026, and filed before the court in Benin, the claimant, Igbafen, acting for himself and on behalf of the NLC Caretaker Committee in Edo State, is challenging the continued occupation of the union’s secretariat and control of its assets by members of the Bernard Egwakhide-led factional State Executive Council.

The claimants are asking the court to declare that the caretaker committee (Igbafen-led faction), constituted on August 11, 2025, by the NLC national leadership, remains the only lawful authority to administer the affairs of the Edo State Council pending fresh elections.

They further seek a declaration that the continued occupation of the NLC secretariat located at No. 1 Teboga Road, Benin City, as well as the retention of union assets, financial records, and official instruments by the defendants, is illegal and void.

The suit also prays for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendants from parading themselves as officials of the NLC Edo Council or interfering with the functions of the caretaker committee.

In addition, the claimants are seeking a mandatory order compelling the defendants to immediately hand over the secretariat, vehicles, financial documents, cheque books, and all other properties belonging to the union.

The caretaker committee further urged the court to restrain the state government and its officials from interfering in the internal affairs of the union, alleging undue support for the dissolved executive.

The claimants further demand N50 million as general and exemplary damages against the defendants for alleged unlawful usurpation of office and acts prejudicial to the administration of the council.

According to court documents made available to our correspondent, the crisis followed the dissolution of the Edo State Council by the NLC National Executive Council on February 27, 2025, over allegations of misconduct, anti-union activities, and constitutional violations.

However, the matter has yet to be assigned a hearing date.

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Transfer: Premier League Clubs Scramble For Dele-Bashiru

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6 hours ago

May 6, 2026

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Lazio midfielder, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru is a subject of interest from three Premier League clubs, according to Sky Sports.

Lazio reportedly rejected offers from Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth for the Nigeria international in January.

La Biancolesti are bracing for more interest in Dele-Bashiru ahead of the summer transfer window, according to Sky Sports.

The 24-year-old has two years left on his contract with the Serie A club.

The attacking midfielder joined the Rome-based club from Turkish Super Lig outfit Hatayspor in 2024.

He has been a regular feature for Lazio this season.

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Xenophobic Attacks: Nigerian Students To Picket MTN, MultiChoice, Other Businesses

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May 6, 2026

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The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS South-West Zone D, has announced plans to picket South African companies in Nigeria following the ongoing xenophobic attacks in the country.

DAILY POST reports that some Nigerians were recently killed in South Africa over the violent attacks.

A statement issued to newsmen by Comrade Adeyemo Josiah Kayode, Coordinator, NANS South-West, Zone D, said that the association is mobilizing to take decisive and lawful action by organizing peaceful picketing and mass advocacy against South African business interests operating in Nigeria.

“We categorically state that the continued targeting of Nigerians under any guise is unacceptable and must come to an immediate end.

“This will include major corporations such as MTN Group and MultiChoice Group. It is morally indefensible for businesses to thrive in an environment where the lives of Nigerians are protected, while Nigerians are subjected to fear and violence elsewhere.

“This contradiction will no longer be tolerated,” the statement said.