The National Chairman of JOHESU, Mr Biobebelemoye Josiah, has inform  the public on purported efforts by Nigerian doctors to frustrate ongoing talks to end the four-week-old strike embarked upon by the union.

 Josiah, who raised the alarm when he fielded questions from newsmen in Abuja, also accused the Ministry of Health of collaborating with the doctors in suppressing JOHESU’s legitimate demands from the government.

JOHESU had on April 17 embarked on industrial action to press home its demands bordering on improved healthcare facilities and welfare.

The strike by the union has so far crippled healthcare delivery in public health institutions across the country.

 But the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, had on Wednesday confirmed that negotiations were on with JOHESU to end the strike.

 However, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) had in a statement threatened to withdraw their services across health institutions in the country if the federal government acceded to the demands of JOHESU and other health workers.

The president of JOHESU, however, alleged that the two ministers of health were not serious in ending the strike in view of their position in support of the demands of the doctors at the detriment of JOHESU.

 It would be recalled that JOHESU had on Friday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately intervene in the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by the union.

 The National Vice Chairman of JOHESU, Mr Ogbonna Chimela, made the call when he fielded questions from State House correspondents at the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

 Chimela, who is also the National President of Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP), said the call was informed by the fact the meeting between the union and the officials of the Federal Ministry of Health had ended in a deadlock as there was no common ground reached to resolve the crisis.

He, therefore, stated that Buhari’s intervention had become necessary to avert possible collapse of the nation’s health system.

 According to him, the president was being blanketed from vital information concerning the situation in the health sector.