UCH Workers Protest 2-Week Power Outage, Threaten To Down Tools

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Workers of the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, Oyo State protested against power outage at the medical institution, threatening to down tools if the epileptic power supply continues.

The workers during a congress organised by Joint Action Committee, JAC, the umbrella body of all the unions in the hospital, said they have not had electricity to work in their offices in the last one week.

The congress, which was held in the premises of the hospital, had members of Non-academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU; National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, NANNM; Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals, NUAHP and Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals Research Institutions and Associated Institutions, SSAUTHRIAN, in attendance.

JAC chairman, Comrade Oludayo Olabampe, while speaking shortly after the congress, noted that the power supply to the hospital had been cut off by Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company,…



Source: Leadership Newspaper