{"id":360613,"date":"2017-10-10T08:23:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T08:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=360613"},"modified":"2017-10-10T08:23:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T08:23:50","slug":"nursing-trainee-allowance-to-be-restored-today-amid-fanfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/nursing-trainee-allowance-to-be-restored-today-amid-fanfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursing trainee allowance to be restored today amid fanfare"},"content":{"rendered":"
President Nana Akufo-Addo will today [Tuesday], announce the full restoration of the nursing trainee allowance at a ceremony in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region.<\/p>\n
The restoration of the allowance was noted as a key New Patriotic Party (NPP) campaign promise, after the John Mahama administration scrapped the allowance to allow the various training colleges to admit more students.<\/p>\n
It earmarked a students\u2019 loan scheme in place of the allowance.<\/p>\n
But the Mahama government\u00a0later agreed to pay a reduced allowance for the trainees temporarily, after protests, until such a time that they are finally moved onto the students\u2019 loan scheme.<\/p>\n
About 58,000 trainee nurses and midwives are expected to benefit from this restoration.<\/p>\n