Th rotation nurses and midwives began their twelve months mandatory rotation in April 2019 after being verified by the Nurses and Midwifery Council.
ADVERTISEMENT
Rotation nurses and midwives lament over 9-month unpaid allowances
Some aggrieved rotational Diploma Nurses and Midwives are unhappy with the government, having gone nine months without receiving their allowances.
Rotation nurses lament over 9-month unpaid allowances
Recommended articles
However, some of the nurses say they have been receiving partial payment, while others insist they have not been paid at all since April.
In a statement, the aggrieved nurses called out President Akufo-Addo, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Finance over the delay in payment.
ADVERTISEMENT
They said some of their colleagues are even yet to be taken through the biometric registration, with all discussions to resolve the issue proving futile.
“The hungry and suffering Nurses and Midwives have come to the realisation that the Akufo-Addo government has deliberately decided to treat us this way and we consider it as a resort for incompetence and mismanagement.
“We have suffered for long and still suffering and it looks like we are begging for salary we have worked for,” sections of the statement reads.
They, therefore, appealed to the government to take the necessary steps to pay the allowances of the rotation nurses and midwives.
Read their full statement below:
ADVERTISEMENT
Statement from aggrieved rotation nurses and midwives
Pulse Ghana
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
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
Artificial Intelligence will affect around 40% of the global workforce — IMF
