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New Electricity Tariffs Suicidal-UCH NASU Chairman

 
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Health workers in the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Nigeria have appealed to the Federal Government to urgently intervene in the new electricity tariff plans.

The health workers made this appeal through the branch chairman of the Non-Academic Staff Union and Associated Institutions(NASU), Comrade Kehinde Abiona.


''Health workers in UCH want to make an appeal to whom it may concern or those in authorities to look into the new tariff plans for electricity in government-owned health institutions which are non-profit, but to serve humanity. It is very disheartening that a socially responsible government-owned hospital such as the UCH was put on a suicidal electricity plan that can hardly be paid for, going at our rates. The UCH pays N74.43 per unit and the new tariff is N225.00 per unit. The Federal Government should intervene by restoring subsidies for all the government-owned health institutions by increasing their monthly overhead allowances, which are presently not meeting up with the responsibilities of the teaching hospitals and other government-owned health institutions nationwide'', Comrade Abiona stated.

The NASU chairman also disclosed that normalcy has since returned to the hospital, ''as a result of the intervention from above, electricity supply was restored for the smooth running of services yesterday 4th April 2024.''

Similarly, the branch chairman of the Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals(NUAHP) Comrade Oladayo Olabampe stated that the health workers in UCH  have returned to work, adding,''now that electricity supply has been restored, whatever actions we took were because of the electricity disconnection. We love our patients, that is why we took the action. It was not possible to perform optimally without electricity supply. Now the electricity supply has been restored, we congratulate ourselves as we have since returned to our primary duties.''

Solomon Adewunmi is the Editor-in-Chief , The New Federation(news2day.emyspot.com)/Liberty Port(2day.emyspot.com)/Federationews2day(one.emyspot.com). He attended Ajeromi Ifelodun High School, Olodi-Apapa, Lagos/Ibadan Grammar School, Ibadan and the University of Lagos. Solomon possesses a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology, BBC/EC CERTIFICATE IN NEWS JOURNALISM (FEB. 2001), CERTIFICATE IN ARTS AND CULTURE CRITICISM (NANTAP MAY 2001) ,CERTIFICATE IN PEACE JOURNALISM (JUSTICE,DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE COMMISSION), CERTIFICATE IN CONFLICT ANALYSIS[UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE ONLINE TRAINING PROGRAM, OCT.2004] ,CERTIFICATE IN INTERFAITH CONFLICT RESOLUTION( UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE, JAN. 2009).

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