A group of unemployed nurses have disputed claims by President Nana Akufo-Addo that his government has given financial clearance for the Health Ministry to recruit over 14,000 nurses who graduated from public health institutions in 2016.
The unemployed nurses said the President misinformed Ghanaians with his false claims as “not even a single nurse from the government health training institutions has been employed since 2018 till date”.
President Akufo-Addo while delivering his 3rd State of the Nation Address in Parliament said, “Government granted financial clearance for the recruitment of eleven thousand, one hundred and eighteen (11,018) health personnel to increase existing clinical staff. To augment the efforts of clinical staff, in September 2018, the Ministry of Health received further financial clearance to employ fourteen thousand, five hundred and twenty-four (14,254) Nurse Assistants (Clinical and Preventive). These nurse assistants belong to the tranche that passed their exams in 2016 from Government Health Training Institutions, and have commenced work by 1st February 2019.”
But the aggrieved nurses have described this statement as a “blatant falsehood which is being peddled by the president and his incompetent informant (Minister of Health).”
They insist that the Akufo-Addo government has not engaged any graduate health personnel as the last time nurses were employed was in 2017 whose financial clearance was granted by the previous John Mahama government in December 2016.
“Those who were employed in January 2017 were given financial clearance by the previous government in December 2016 so therefore it can be said that the Akufo Addo led government has never employed any Nurse since they came into office. However, we have received financial clearance Of 8,254 nurse NAC/NAP pending posting and would like to further state that ever since the financial clearance was issued in January 2019, the Ghana Health Services (GHS) has refused to float the posting forms for purchasing and subsequent deployment,” the unemployed nurses disclosed in a statement.
For immediate release.
COALITION OF UNEMPLOYED NURSES.
21/02/2019.
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MISINFORMATION FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA DURING THE #2019SONA
We appreciate the good work of the president of the Republic of Ghana for discharging his constitutionally mandated duty by delivering the 2019 state of the nation address to the good people of Ghana. The SONA is a moment where most citizens leave their personal engagements to listen to the president on legitimate issues affecting the country.
However, we the unemployed nurses are utterly shocked to our bone marrow hearing the president of the republic of Ghana, H. E Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo Addo telling the whole nation that “The nurse Assistants that have been employed belong to the tranches that pass their exams in 2016 from government health training institutions and have commenced work by 1st February, 2019.”
This statement from the president is a blatant falsehood which is being peddled by the president and his incompetent informant (Minister of Health).
We want to place on record that not even a single nurse from the government health training institutions has been employed since 2018 till date.
Those who were employed in January 2017 were given financial clearance by the previous government in December 2016 so therefore it can be said that the Akufo Addo led government has never employed any Nurse since they came into office. However, we have received financial clearance Of 8,254 nurse NAC/NAP pending posting and would like to further state that ever since the financial clearance was issued in January 2019, the Ghana Health Services (GHS) has refused to float the posting forms for purchasing and subsequent deployment.
If indeed the Director of GHS together with the Ministry of Health have employed some sections of nurses, we would like to serve notice that, those nurses are not trained nurses from the government training institutions as the president statement has suggested. We are also by this release calling on the Ministry of Health and the Ghana health services (GHS) to apologize to all unemployed nurses and their parents for given wrong information to the president. The statement being read by the president has caused psychological trauma to some of our colleagues due to pressure from friends and family members upon hearing statement from the president.
Our members are still leaving in a state of dilemma due to the delay of GHS in releasing the posting form. We are by this release calling on the Ghana Health Services (GHS) to do the needful thing by making the postings form available for members to ease the pressure on leadership and members as well.
#CUN…….. One for all
#CUN……….All for one
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Signed
CONVENOR
Paul Selorm
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PRESS SECRETARY.
Akugri Rashid
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ORGANIZER
George Asuah
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By: Kekeli Kuatsenu/awakenewsonline.com