BY SOLA OGUNDIPE & CHIOMA OBINNA

THE Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, has suspended its five-day warning strike planned for Wednesday January 15, to Tuesday January 21, 2014.

Disclosing the development yesterday in a telephone interview, Secretary General, JOHESU, Comrade Marcus Omokhuale, said the decision to stay action on the impending strike was taken weekend, following a meeting between the unions and the Federal government.

Omokhuale said: “There has been a response from government so we are staying action on the warning strike. They asked us to put it (warning strike) on hold in view of the outcome of the meeting we held with them. All the issues at stake were articulated and government has asked for time to look into the demands. There is a resolution to that effect.”

Stressing that there was no extension on the ultimatum, he stated that the JOHESU only suspended the call for warning strike so that government can honour its own side of the agreement.

“Government has up till Wednesday or so to give us a feed back on how far they have been able to take action on our demands. Pending that feedback, the warning strike has been suspended and if government is able to meet up with its promises, there would be no need to embark on any action.