The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) and Assembly of Health Professionals of Nigeria (AHPN), on Tuesday, protested at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, over the non- implementation of adjusted Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS).

The unions embarked on the protest to drive home their demand as government, through ministry of health have been reluctant on implementing CONHESS as was done for CONMESS since 2014.

JOHESU had, since Nov. 15, 2025, embarked on an indefinite nationwide strike over the non-implementation of CONHESS and other welfare issues.

Speaking during the protest, the state Chairman, JOHESU/AHPN FMC, chapter Comr. Celestine Onoyina, said that an inter-ministerial committee was set up in 2021 to adjust CONHESS and report was completed and submitted in 2023.

Comr. Onoyima also said that the Federal Ministry of Health acknowledged the report and wrote to the Ministry of Budget for consideration.

‘’However, along the line, the Federal Government stopped the implementation of CONHESS, which have already been computed and was agreed by all the parties involved.

‘’The struggle for the CONHESS adjustment started since 2014 and for more than 10 years now the government is still adamant about it.

“We are here with the circular from the Ministry of Health to the Director General of Budget, telling him about CONHESS that had already been adjusted and telling him to act on it ,‘’ he said.

The chairman insisted that the strike would continue until their demand to implement the CONHESS was met.

“We want to use this opportunity to thank our national body for standing firm by the decision of the JOHESU members nation wide.
They thereafter passed a vote of confidence on their national leadership led by Comr. Kabiru Ado Sani Minjibir .