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The Medical and Health Workers' Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) is a trade union representing medical workers in Nigeria.

History

The union was founded in 1978, when the Government of Nigeria merged the following unions:[1]

  • Animal Health Workers' Union of Nigeria
  • Association of Public Health Inspectors of Nigeria
  • Catholic Hospital Workers' Union
  • Dispensary Overseers Workers' Union
  • Eastern Region Nigeria Union of Rural Health Workers' Union
  • Government Health Department D/P Workers' Union of Northern Nigeria
  • Medical and Health Department Workers' Union of Nigeria
  • Medical Technical Workers' Union
  • Nigerian Baptist Mission Medical and General Workers' Union
  • Nigerian Medical Records Workers' Union
  • Nigerian Union of Dispensing Attendants
  • Nursing and Health Auxiliary Staff Association
  • Orthopaedic Limb Workers' Union of Western Nigeria
  • Sacred Heart Hospital General Workers' Union of Nigeria
  • Tuberculosis Preventive Staff Association
  • Tse-Tse and Trypanosomiasis Staff Association, Federation of Nigeria
  • Uromi Catholic Hospital Workers' Union

In 1978, the union was a founding a affiliate of the Nigeria Labour Congress. It had 41,000 members by 1988, growing to 100,000 by 1995, but falling back to 45,000 in 2005.[2][3]

Leadership

Presidents

1978: Pa A. A. Akinbola[4]
1980: Y. O. Ozigi[4]
1990: Emeka Okwonkwo[4]
1996: Godwin Wokeh[4]
2000: Mohammed Erena[4]
2004: Ayuba Wabba[4]
2016: Biobelemoye Josiah[4]

General Secretaries

1978: J. A. Alajo[4]
1984: J. A. Mbah[4]
1998: S. O. Joshua[4]
2000: J. A. Ogunseyin[4]
2003: Marcus Omokhuale[4]
2016: Kabiru Ado Sani[4]

References

  1. ^ "Restructuring of trade unions" (PDF). Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette. 8 February 1978. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  2. ^ LeVan, A. Carl; Ukata, Patrick (2018). The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0192526324.
  3. ^ Nigeria. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs. 1995.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Presidents and General Secretaries since inception". Medical and Health Workers' Union of Nigeria.
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