The Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) has issued a strong call for the immediate payment of seven months’ salary arrears tied to the 2024 wage increase.
This demand was made in a communiqué released on Tuesday following a joint national executive council (NEC) meeting of NUAHP and the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), held in Jos, Plateau State.
The communiqué, jointly signed by NUAHP National President Kamal Ibrahim and General Secretary Martin Egbanubi, highlighted the unions’ mounting frustration over delayed implementation of the revised Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS).
The union said its members—comprising pharmacists, physiotherapists, medical laboratory scientists, radiographers, dental technologists, and other allied professionals—have yet to receive the 25% and 35% salary increments promised in 2023.
NUAHP stated that the arrears, covering June to December 2023, had already been included in the 2024 federal budget and are now carried over into the 2025 budget, yet remain unpaid.
“The NEC describes the delay as unacceptable and a clear violation of the FG-JOHESU Memorandum of Understanding signed on October 29, 2024, as well as the resolution reached on December 20, 2024,” the communiqué read.
