Nigeria, Aug. 1 -- The National Chairman of the Federal Health Institutions sector of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Murakiyo Olajide, has debunked claims that the union has suspended its ongoing nationwide strike.

Several media organisations had reported on Friday that nurses had agreed to suspend the strike following a closed-door meeting with the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate.

In an interview with PREMIUM TIMES, Mr Olajide described the reports as false, insisting that the union has not taken any decision to suspend the strike.

"It is not true. We have procedures in place whenever we initiate or suspend strike actions. Those procedures have not been followed, and...