The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, on Friday staged a peaceful protest within the hospital.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the union members who carried placards took off the protest from the UCH health insurance department and moved round the facility.
NAN recalls that the union members have been on strike declared by its national body since Nov. 17, 2025.
The union demanded upward adjustment of the Consolidated Health Salary Scale (CONHESS) as done for the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) since 2014.
They expressed grievances on the latest developments from the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, especially, the newly released "no work, no pay" circular.
The union members moved round the hospital down to the main gate, carrying different placards with inscriptions centered on "no CONHESS adjustment, no work, JOHESU says no to intimidation, adjust CONHESS now", among others.
On behalf of the union leaders and members, the UCH JOHESU Chairman, Comrade Oladayo Olabampe reiterated that the strike would continue until the federal government answers them.
He remarked that picketing is part of union engagement and lawful.
Olabampe urged the members to be resolute and not allow any intimidation.
"All we want is for the government to adjust the CONHESS as it did to CONMESS, so be steadfast because no amount of victimisation can jeopardise this struggle.
"The physicians are working but they cannot do the work alone because a tree cannot make a forest and that's why the hospital has turned to a ghost place
"We also appeal to the masses to hold the FG and Federal Ministry of health responsible so that they will do the needful," he said.
The National Vice President, Medical and Health Worker Union, South-West, Comrade Sunday Adetula, called on all Chief Medical Directors(CMDs) to ensure that the 'no work no pay ' circular is not implemented.
"We are using this medium to tell the CMDs, the strike is not your strike, we are fighting for our rights.
"If our members are not paid January salaries, another challenge will emerge, we will occupy all tertiary health institutions in South-West by February and peace will not be guaranteed in health sector," he said. (NAN)
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