UUTH vs EFCC: Health unions call off strike as Akwa Ibom Govt intervenes

Health assemblage unions successful Akwa Ibom State person suspended their concern enactment pursuing the involution of the authorities government.

Recall that the unions successful the aftermath of alleged molestation and battle of immoderate members peculiarly Prof. Eyo Ekpe of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, UUTH, by the operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, embarked connected an indefinite onslaught which had lasted up to 1 week.  

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, disquieted by the improvement and its attendant antagonistic interaction connected sick patients and those who whitethorn person request to entree aesculapian care, convened a associated stakeholders’ gathering connected Friday, May 15, 2026, astatine the Old EXCO Chambers, Governor’s Office, Uyo.

The meeting, which was chaired by the Deputy Governor, Senator Akon Eyakenyi, had representatives of the authorities government, EFCC, information agencies, absorption of UUTH, the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, JOHESU, NANNM and different wellness assemblage unions successful attendance.

In a communiqué issued astatine the extremity of the meeting, made disposable to journalists on Monday, stakeholders unanimously condemned the altercation describing it arsenic “unfortunate and wholly avoidable”.

The EFCC, done its representatives astatine the meeting, apologized to each affected parties, including the Chief...