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


 * 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.

Presidents

 * 1978: Pa A. A. Akinbola
 * 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