For the second time in two weeks , staff of Jos University Teaching Hospital ( JUTH ), have protested the alleged refusal of the Chief Medical Director , Professor Edmund Banwat , to address the contending issues militating against the smooth operation of the hospital .
The latest protest by the Nurses and Midwives is coming after resident doctors at the hospital penultimate week, led a protest against the hospital management, accusing it of staff persecution , secret retrenchment and disobedience to judicial pronouncements , among others .
This is even as the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria had also accused the CMD of poor management of the hospital , threatening to shut down the health institution at the end of November if there was no improvement in the services at the hospital .
The protesting Nurses and Midwives disrupted activities at the hospital , accusing the CMD of withholding their call and shift duty allowances , as well as, wrongful application of no - work - no - pay policy .
Chairman of National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives , Vongdip Lashin, who addressed journalists , said his members had suffered so much in the hands of JUTH Management despite their continuous dedication and sacrifices in the course of their duties .
Lashin asserted, “ We are deeply saddened by the maladministration and mismanagement of the only federal tertiary health institution in Plateau State, which is a feeder to over nine states within the North Central geopolitical zone.
The chairman, who said they had exhausted every avenue to make the CMD change his anti - workers policies, called on stakeholders in the state and other Nigerians to intervene in their situation so as to save the hospital from total collapse .