Nurses in the Nigerian capital Abuja walked out of hospitals Wednesday in a strike over wages and working conditions, their union said.The strike is the latest upheaval facing the capital's health care system and comes as the west African nation grapples with a massive cost-of-living crisis.Talks between the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives and the government to avert the strike collapsed, leading union members to walk off the job for a seven-day "warning strike".Tashikalma Halls, a media adviser to Nigeria's health minister, said that the government would meet with the nurses later, though he declined to say what would be discussed.A union spokesperson confirmed the strike but not the meeting.Nigerian media described hobbled hospitals and delayed care after nurses walked off the job to press their demands.The strike comes after health clinic workers and teachers went on strike in the capital earlier this year as local government councils slow-walked federally mandated minimum wage increases.That strike came after President Bola Tinubu more than doubled the minimum wage from 30,000 to 70,000 naira ($20 to $45) per month as a buffer against his government's economic reforms.Tinubu's policies have been praised by the International Monetary Fund but have caused massive increases to the cost of living in the short term.
July 30, 2025 | 10:12 PM