The Ministry of Health say they are disappointed by the industrial action declared by the Ghana Nurses and Midwives Trainees Association, saying leadership of the trainee nurses have\u00a0failed to trust\u00a0the\u00a0Ministry.<\/p>\n
The trainees\u00a0declared an indefinite strike over the delay in the payment of allowance and clearance forms.<\/p>\n
The trainees\u00a0say their\u00a0allowances have been\u00a0in arrears for two years.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Citi News,<\/b> Public Relations Officer of the ministry, Tony Goodman expressed his shock at their decision to go on strike.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cI am surprised they are on strike. As at Monday evening, the executives were in the honorable minister\u2019s office, she told them what she\u2019s doing. We were surprised to hear that they went on strike. When they came, the Minister told them that what we are doing for you is something you have to cherish and respect. If they are on strike, I would be surprised. You came to the minister; the minister discussed all these things with you. You agreed, and now you say you\u2019re on strike. It\u2019s genericpropeciabuyonline.com<\/a> just money, and I keep telling you, when it comes to paying money it is in another ministry\u2019s domain.<\/p>\n He went on to say that the nurses should not have gone on strike since the Ministry was talking to the Finance Ministry to get them paid.<\/p>\n \u201cWe try as much as possible to continue dialoging with ministry of finance, to make sure that some amount of money is paid to our training nurses. We were asked to come and make justifications on why government should not cancel their allowance. During that particular process when we were going back and forth trying to explain the issue, we met them and explained it to them, we had a common front, and that is where we are. We are only waiting for a response from government and they are saying they\u2019ve gone on strike. They\u2019ve not kept faith to the ministry,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ewurabena Hagan\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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