Nurses working at University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, last Thursday, resumed at their duty posts, wearing mufti instead of their uniforms.
A report by Daily Post said that the nurses under the umbrella of National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), decided to wear mufti due to the non-payment of their uniform allowance by the management of the hospital.
The nurses were demanding the payment of their accumulated four years uniform allowance.
A staff member of the hospital, said that the management of the hospital had not been paying the allowances since 2019.
The nurses had earlier given the management of the hospital a 21-day-ultimatum to pay the outstanding allowances.
One of the nurses said the ultimatum given to the management of the hospital expired on Tuesday, 3rd October, 2023.
The nurses on Thursday then decided to wear mufti following the expiration of the ultimatum.
The nurses working in federal hospitals are entitled to N20,000 annually as uniform allowance.
The source said that the action taken by members of NANNM, UCH, Ibadan chapter, was backed by the national body.
But the Public Relations Officer of the hospital, Funmi Adetuyibi, when contacted, noted that the issue had been resolved.
Adetuyibi, who spoke in a telephone conversation with DAILY POST on Saturday, said, “It has been sorted out amicably. There is no issue.”
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