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

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. "Presidents and General Secretaries since inception". Medical and Health Workers' Union of Nigeria.
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