Nigeria, Jan. 20 -- For more than two months, health workers under the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) in Lagos State have been on strike, disrupting services across public hospitals and health facilities in the state. The industrial action stems from unresolved issues bordering on salary structures, professional recognition and welfare concerns.

In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES, the Secretary of the Lagos State Council of JOHESU, Adegboyega Kabiawu, speaks on the origins of the strike, the union's demands at both the national and state levels, efforts at dialogue with the Lagos State Government, and the conditions under which the union would suspend the action.

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