Delta health workers suspend strike over uniform allowance

By Egufe Yafugborhi
ASABA — Allied health workers in Delta State have suspended their industrial action after the state government pledged to pay outstanding uniform allowances, while negotiations continue over their other demands.
The workers, under the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) and the Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes and Associated Institutions (SSATHURIAI), are expected to resume work from 8am on Thursday.
The decision followed an intervention by the state Commissioner for Health, Joseph Onojaemo, and a meeting with the leadership of the two unions.
The unions had embarked on the strike over outstandi...