“Don’t touch Nurse and Midwifery Allowances”- GNMTA warns Government
The Ghana Nurse and Midwife Trainees’ Association (GNMTA), has implored the Government not to abolish the Trainee Nurse and Midwifery allowances, as the country negotiates for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout.
Speaking to the media, the Vice President Shadrach Kyei Adu Gyamfi , urged government to facilitate the payment of the allowances and the nine-month arrears of the trainee nurses and midwives undertaking theory one-year mandatory National Service.
They are also demanding the payment of four-month allowances and arrears for students who completed in 2021 as well as the 20 months arrears of some of the students, he added.
“All efforts to get the Ministry of Health to pay these allowances have been fruitless upon meetings and calls to their outfit since 2021. We are, therefore, using this medium to bemoan to the Ghanaian populace, government, our parents and guardians to know exactly that allowances for trainees have come to a standstill since June 2021,” he said.
“One can only imagine what these trainee nurses and midwives have been through for all these eleven months without the allowances. In fact staff nurses, trainee nurses and midwives run the same shift at hospitals. Trainee nurses and midwives are liable to equal risks”, he indicated.
He added that they would advise itself on the failure of the Government to pay the allowances and arrears and added however that the GNMTA would continue to use dialogue and non-violent means in seeking redress for grievances of its members.
Some of the trainees lamented and added that some parents and guidians had also stopped paying fees and giving their children money for upkeep with the notion that they receive allowances on a monthly basis from the government so they are pleading with the government to come to their aid.
Source: Barbara Koranteng/Filasconewa.com
