Frustrated unemployed nurses are set for a demonstration at the flagstaff house Monday 11th January, 2016 over “the failure of the government to release financial clearance for them”.
A press statement issued by the group and signed by the group’s Spokesperson;Govena Tamim said “regular follow- ups by concerned enrolled /community health nurses to get the financial clearance from the appropriate quarters has proved fruitless.”
The group accuses the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Deputy Finance Minister and Deputy Minister of Health of failing to keep their promise made to them on the 19th October, 2015 when a group of unemployed nurses went to get answers regarding their unemployment status from the President.
The enrolled and community Health nurses numbering over three thousand are feeling discriminated against especially when their compatriots; registered General nurses, Psychiatric nurses and midwives have already been cleared by the finance ministry to be posted.
Please read the full statement below:
PRESS RELEASE:GHANA NURSES AND MIDWIVES TRAINEE ASSOCIATION(GNMTA) AND BONDED BUT UNEMPLOYED NURSES (ENROLLED/COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSES)
We wish to draw the attention of all bonded but unemployed enrolled nurses and community health nurses across the country, and all media houses that due to the failure of the government to release financial clearance for the above group of nurses, as promised by minister of employment and labour relation Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, deputy minister of finance Hon. Cassel Ato For son and deputy minister of health,Dr.Victor Asare Bampoe on the 19th October 2015 at the flagstaff house when a group of unemployed nurses went to get answers from the President of the republic of Ghana ,H.E John Dramani Mahama for their financial clearance at the flagstaff house .
Regular follow- ups by concern enrolled /community health nurses to get the financial clearance from the appropriate quarters proved fruitless.painfully, two thousand plus nurses comprising registered general nurses,psychiatric nurses n midwives were cleared by the finance ministry to be posted,leaving we the enrolled nurses and the community health nurses numbering three thousand plus,several follow ups were made to enquire about the discrimination and to know when the rest of us would be cleared by the government for us to be posted but no reliable answer was given.
We therefore wish to inform all bonded but unemployed enrolled nurses and community health nurses nationwide ,all media houses as well as the general public to come and help us get our financial clearance from the flagstaff house on Monday 11th January 2016,since the appropriate quarters seems helpless.
We believe we are mandated to serve our motherland after a successful training.
Long live GNMTA
Long live all nurses
Long live mother Ghana
For more informations please contact:
0509613501
0506536184
0541241017
0272719795
0240117098
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Time is 8:00am prompt
All members are advised to prepare and come because no one lives without financial clearance.come in readiness to pass the night there if our clearance is not released
