Medical and Health Workers' Union of Nigeria
# 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.

## Leadership

### 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
