Medical and Health Workers' Union of Nigeria
The Medical and Health Workers' Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) is a trade union representing medical workers in Nigeria.
History
[edit]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 an affiliate[clarification needed] 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
[edit]Presidents
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Restructuring of trade unions" (PDF). Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette. 8 February 1978. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ LeVan, A. Carl; Ukata, Patrick (2018). The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0192526324.
- ^ Nigeria. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs. 1995.
- ^ 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.