The Ghanaian Rotational Nurses and Midwives Association has threatened to go on strike if the government does not pay them the seven months’ worth of national service payment that they are due.
Since the group’s members depend on gari and sugar for daily life, they claim that the government’s continued silence over the current economic crisis has had a detrimental impact on their ability to make a living.
In an interview with Star News, which was sighted by 1Family Radio, Amable Kwame Jr., the National President of the Rotational Nurses and Midwives Association of Ghana, claimed that the government has consistently disregarded the situation of professional nurses and midwives ever since national services began in July 2023.
We want our money to be distributed to us and for our financial clearances to be granted; therefore, that is our main concern. “We are not saying we don’t care when we say we are laying down our tool,” he stated. He stated that association members will decide whether to go on strike.
“Members will make that decision; we cannot make a decision on their behalf with leadership. Not because we don’t care about our patients, but rather because we don’t have the money to get to work, we as the leaders will engage members in the next course of action when the two weeks have passed and we have not heard back from the Minister,” he continued.
Source: 1FamilyRadio