Medical and Health Workers' Union of Nigeria explained

The Medical and Health Workers' Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) is a trade union representing medical workers in Nigeria.

History

The union was founded in 1978, when the Government of Nigeria merged the following unions:^[1]

• Animal Health Workers' Union of Nigeria
• Association of Public Health Inspectors of Nigeria
• Catholic Hospital Workers' Union
• Dispensary Overseers Workers' Union
• Eastern Region Nigeria Union of Rural Health Workers' Union
• Government Health Department D/P Workers' Union of Northern Nigeria
• Medical and Health Department Workers' Union of Nigeria
• Medical Technical Workers' Union
• Nigerian Baptist Mission Medical and General Workers' Union
• Nigerian Medical Records Workers' Union
• Nigerian Union of Dispensing Attendants
• Nursing and Health Auxiliary Staff Association
• Orthopaedic Limb Workers' Union of Western Nigeria
• Sacred Heart Hospital General Workers' Union of Nigeria
• Tuberculosis Preventive Staff Association
• Tse-Tse and Trypanosomiasis Staff Association, Federation of Nigeria
• Uromi Catholic Hospital Workers' Union

In 1978, the union was a founding an affiliate of the Nigeria Labour Congress. It had 41,000 members by 1988, growing to 100,000 by 1995, but falling back to 45,000 in 2005.^{[2] [3]}

Leadership

Presidents

1978: Pa A. A. Akinbola^[4]

1980: Y. O. Ozigi

1990: Emeka Okwonkwo

1996: Godwin Wokeh

2000: Mohammed Erena

2004: Ayuba Wabba

2016: Biobelemoye Josiah

General Secretaries

1978: J. A. Alajo

1984: J. A. Mbah

1998: S. O. Joshua

2000: J. A. Ogunseyin

2003: Marcus Omokhuale

2016: Kabiru Ado Sani

References

1. News: Restructuring of trade unions . 2 January 2021 . Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette . 8 February 1978.
2. Book: LeVan . A. Carl . Ukata . Patrick . The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian Politics . 2018 . Oxford University Press . Oxford . 0192526324.
3. Book: Nigeria . 1995 . U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs.
4. Web site: Presidents and General Secretaries since inception . Medical and Health Workers' Union of Nigeria.