Medical and Health Workers' Union of Nigeria

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

History[edit]

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^{[clarification needed]} 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[edit]

Presidents[edit]

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

1980: Y. O. Ozigi^[4]

1990: Emeka Okwonkwo^[4]

1996: Godwin Wokeh^[4]

2000: Mohammed Erena^[4]

2004: Ayuba Wabba^[4]

2016: Biobelemoye Josiah^[4]

General Secretaries[edit]

1978: J. A. Alajo^[4]

1984: J. A. Mbah^[4]

1998: S. O. Joshua^[4]

2000: J. A. Ogunseyin^[4]

2003: Marcus Omokhuale^[4]

2016: Kabiru Ado Sani^[4]

External links[edit]

• Official website

References[edit]