By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

The Anambra State Government has approved the full implementation of the Hundred percent (100%) Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) for all eligible health workers previously excluded from the earlier approval.

The approval, granted by the state Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo on Friday, November 6, 2026, covers additional categories of health professionals under the reviewed 2024 CONHESS.

According to a statement signed by the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, the newly covered professionals include pharmacists, environmental health officers, medical laboratory technologists, medical record technicians, dieticians, nutritionists.

Others were, health education officers, social welfare officers, scientific officers, population programme officers, livestock officers, health attendants and health assistants, among others.

Speaking on the development, the Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, expressed profound appreciation to Soludo for extending the salary benefits to the affected health workers.

He described the approval as a demonstration of the Governor’s commitment to workers’ welfare, fairness and the strengthening of the state’s healthcare system.

Obidike added: “The decision would address longstanding concerns among health professionals, promote industrial harmony and boost staff morale for improved healthcare delivery.

“I urge the beneficiaries to reciprocate the Governor’s gesture through dedication, discipline and professionalism,”

He however reaffirmed the Ministry’s commitment to advancing the state’s healthcare transformation agenda.