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The Minister of State for Health, Isaq Salako, has forewarned that hospitals across the country could be affected by the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) nationwide strike.
During Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme on Monday, Salako stated that hospitals are mostly dependent on diesel and petrol generators.
“A strike by NUPENG will obviously affect the health sector because, as it is today, our hospitals are 65 to 80 per cent dependent on diesel and petrol generators.
“So if there is a strike, it will also have an adverse effect on the health sector, and you obviously don’t want that,” he said.
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Salako also called for restraint from both parties in the dispute in the interest of the public.
“My comment is to appeal to both parties to allow reason to prevail; the ordinary citizen must be at the centre of the discussion. As rightly observed, any strike by NUPENG will certainly disrupt a lot of things, economic activities and social activities. So, we don’t want a strike.
“I’d just appeal that a balance needs to be reached. Dangote is playing an important role in the economy, trying to improve our domestic capacities.
“There is also the right to associate and unionise, but that must be balanced,” he added.
