Nurses encouraged to use BONU

The Senior Assistant Director at the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM), Ojang Tsheko, has advised health professionals to route their problems through their newly formed union, the Botswana Nurses Union (BONU).

Speaking at the union’s first annual general meeting, Tsheko said it was good that the union was established and that he hoped the union and the employer would fully engage each other to resolve the challenges of health professional. 

He told the nurses that the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health was empowered to resolve workers’ common issues like overtime payments and unfair transfers.

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