{"id":270321,"date":"2016-11-21T12:46:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T12:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=270321"},"modified":"2016-11-21T12:46:03","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T12:46:03","slug":"health-ministry-cleared-to-recruit-8634-new-personnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/health-ministry-cleared-to-recruit-8634-new-personnel\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Ministry cleared to recruit 8,634 new personnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Finance Ministry has granted financial clearance to the Health Ministry for the recruitment of 8,634 health care personnel\u00a0to provide health care at varying levels across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Of the number cleared, 5,400 are nursing assistants who have been passed by the Nursing and Midwifery council.<\/p>\n<p>Another 1,538 made up of 1,500 emergency medical technicians (EMTs), and 38 other professionals, have been\u00a0cleared for the Ambulance Service.<\/p>\n<p>A letter from the Finance Ministry, signed by Finance Minister Seth Terkper, and cited by\u00a0<strong>Citi News<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>notified the Health Ministry to ensure that the relevant staff have their documents processed in time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_234440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234440\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Seth-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-234440\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Seth-1.jpg\" alt=\"Seth Terkper \" width=\"750\" height=\"506\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-234440\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seth Terkper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe Ministry of Health is to ensure that the engaged staff have their documents processed in time and placed in the mechanized payroll early enough to enable the Controller and Accountant General\u2019s Department effect payment of their salaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Finance Ministry however noted that &#8220;the above number of 8,634 should be deducted from their [Health Ministry&#8217;s] 2017 quota for recruitment and replacement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy a copy of this letter, the Controller and Accountant General is requested to effect the payment of their salaries and make appropriate deductions of Social Security and income Tax to SSNIT and the Domestic Tax Division of Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) effectively,\u201d the letter added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/64043626-c553-47fc-a891-eda3113442c1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-270353\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/64043626-c553-47fc-a891-eda3113442c1.jpg\" alt=\"64043626-c553-47fc-a891-eda3113442c1\" width=\"404\" height=\"547\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/b508eeb0-10a8-44eb-bce0-2a0ab7db6e44.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-270352\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/b508eeb0-10a8-44eb-bce0-2a0ab7db6e44.jpg\" alt=\"b508eeb0-10a8-44eb-bce0-2a0ab7db6e44\" width=\"405\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Finance Ministry has granted financial clearance to the Health Ministry for the recruitment of 8,634 health care personnel\u00a0to provide health care at varying levels across the country. 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