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]
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