Minister of Health Isaac Adewole has clarified that the Federal Government had no agreement with the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) to warrant the present strike.
According to Adewole, the government had already constituted a high level body to look into aspects of their demands, including the financial implications and also to plan for the management of consequences of addressing those demands.
He briefed State House correspondents at the end of FEC meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said: “But let me also put it on record that when we came on board, JOHESU approached us that they have an agreement with government. But we discovered that there was really no agreement with government.
“What they were able to provide were minutes of meetings held previously and we told them that no responsible government will implement minutes of previous meetings and of the 15-point demands. We have met 14 of them over the one and half years. The only one left is currently meeting on.”
According to him, the high level body, which met last week Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and on Tuesday, is scheduled to meet on yesterday night.
“So, we are really at work with respect to this. We have done quite a lot of computation. We have met with Finance, we have met with Budget and National Planning. We are looking into all issues relating to this strike,” he added.