According to the Association, nurses and midwives go through various stress and emotional challenges in their line of duties, therefore, if some workers are demanding neutrality allowances, they would also push for emotional allowance.
ADVERTISEMENT
We deserve 'Emotional allowance' – Nurses And Midwives Association
The Ghana Registered Nurses' and Midwives' Association (GRNMA) has said it would be campaigning for "Emotional Allowance" due to the nature of their profession.
Nurses
Recommended articles
The demands come on May 12 every year, a special day to honour and celebrate the contributions of nurses all over the world the day was chosen by the International Council of Nurses and has been observed officially since 1974.
The theme for this year's Nurses Day is "Nurses: A Voice to Lead – Invest in Nursing and respect rights to secure global health."
ADVERTISEMENT
Mrs. Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo, the Association's President in an interview on Accra-based 3FM said it will also be pushing for "Emotional Allowance".
She said: "We could be entitled to emotional allowance considering the kind of things that we go through in our duties."
She stated that "the kind of stress that we go through, I think we need such allowance.
"So maybe at our next negotiation table, we shall table it for consideration."
JOIN OUR PULSE COMMUNITY!
ADVERTISEMENT
Eyewitness? Submit your stories now via social or:
Email: eyewitness@pulse.com.gh
Recommended articles
Truck driver arrested for allegedly causing train accident on Tema-Mpakadan railway line
Kia driver who caused accident involving Ghana’s new train reports himself to Police
No passenger injured in accident involving Ghana’s newly imported train – Railways Minister
NAGRAT gives govt one-week deadline to address unpaid pensions affecting 700,000 workers
Inside story of how Ghana’s new train got involved in accident on a test run
3 years after he was declared dead, German-American billionaire found in Russia
She sent naked photos to Dubai lover while I battled kidney disease - Erico speaks on divorce
How did young politicians get so rich in just 5 to 7 years - Franklin Cudjoe asks
