NUAHP Calls for Stronger Health Workforce At South-East Leadership Summit
The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP), South-East zone, has renewed its call for strengthened participation of allied health workers in driving Nigeria’s healthcare delivery system. They made the call on weekend during the 2025 South-East Leadership Summit held in Abakaliki, and hosted by the Ebonyi State Council. The event had as its theme: “Reawakening the Consciousness of NUAHP as Key Stakeholders in the Nigerian Health Sector Beyond Unionism.” In his remarks, the Ebonyi State Chairman of NUAHP, Comrade Aja Kelechi Chima, expressed delight at hosting leaders from across the region and appreciated the presence of government representatives. He commended Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru for what he described as workers-friendly policies, noting the revitalisation of general hospitals, increase in minimum wage, full payment of workers’ health insurance, employment of over 2,000 civil servants, and construction of a 140-unit civil servants’ estate. Despite...
