The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has assured nurses and teacher trainees it will restore their scrapped allowances 3 months after it has been elected into office.
According to the Vice Presidential nominee of the NPP, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the NPP will budget for the full payment of allowances for all students in the various Nursing and Midwifery Training schools as well as teacher training colleges.
Speaking to nurses at the Pantang hospital in Accra during a campaign tour, Dr. Bawumiah accused government of scrapping the allowances of trainees due to its high indebtedness from excessive borrowing and the accompanying interest payments.
“They [NDC] have borrowed so much, just one year’s interest payment can pay teacher training and nurses training allowances for 42 years, and that is why Nana Akuffo Addo has given his word, when we come [into office] the very first budget before march 2017, we will restore and teacher training and nurses training allowance,” Bawumiah said.
‘Background’
Government in 2014 scrapped teacher trainee allowance, but there have been several calls to compel government to reintroduce it. Recently, trainee nurses in the Upper East Region warned that the status of allowances would influence their vote in the in December polls.
Government said the decision allowed it to expand various health and educational infrastructure in the country as well as remove the restrictions on admission to the various training institutions.
‘Government partially restores allowance’
Earlier in July, government said it had restored allowances for trainee nurses after a technical committee set up by the President to review the allowances for nursing trainees, recommended payment of an abated allowance with a possibility to migrate them unto the Students Loan Scheme.
‘Allowance inadequate’
The Ghana Nurses and Midwives Trainees Association in a press conference, subsequently rejected government’s offer to pay them GHc 150 monthly as allowances.
According to them, the amount was woefully inadequate per the memorandum of understanding they signed with the Ministry of Health in 2014.
President John Mahama while on a tour in the Central Region recently, said his government would not backtrack on its decision to scrap the allowances, saying he would rather lose the elections than restore the allowances.
He tweeted; “On the matter of trainee teacher allowances, better to lose on principle than win using falsehood. We’ll not reverse the decision.
Source: citifmonline.com
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Fuck Mahama, his brother and the corrupt greedy bastards who have robbed the country for 8 yrs. God punish them.
THIS REPORT IS AN OLD ONE, REPEATED HERE, TO INFORM READERS THAT, THE NPP WILL RESTORE THE TEACHERS AND NURSES ALLOWANCES THREE MONTHS AFTER THE INAUGURATION OF AN NPP GOVERNMENT IN JANUARY, 2017. DR BAWUMIA IS BUSY WORKING TOWARDS A NEW BUDGET FOR THE NATION IN FEBRUARY, 2017 AND NOT CAMPAIGNING AS SOME MISTAKINGLY THINK, AFTER READING THIS OLD REPORT ON AN EVENT, WHICH OCCURRED BEFORE THE ELECTIONS ON 7TH DECEMBER, 2017.
Bro. Bawumia enough of the campaign let us get to work because the 4yrs will soon come and we won't accept any excuse
You did not vote for npp,we did.and we know npp will deliver on their promises.And now I want to assure npp party that if they are able to deliver about 65% in their first 4 yrs ,we Ghanaians are going to give them 40yrs to rule Ghana.amen
you have not gotten yourself our from the shameful lost so you can write whatever you want to write nobody cares, all we know is, Nana's win has brought the disrespectful NDC party to a graceful end. hahahahahahah
Congratulations to Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo Addo and the NPP party. The people of Ghana have massively voted for you because you proffered better policies to the people than the NDC did. In the next four years Ghana is expected to see a total transformation: 1. *there must be no dumsor because you have an immediate and lasting solution to the problem* 2. *electricity bills should drastically fall* 3. *there will be no judgment debts* 4. *Teacher trainee allowance will be restored* 5. *The allowance for the nursing students will also be restored* 6. *There issue of graduate unemployment will be a thing of the past. There will be jobs everywhere for the people.* 7. *The taxes on raw materials will see a sharp and significant decline* 8. *All dkm customers will be paid in full* 9. *because Ghana has oil, fuel prices will drastically fall* 10. *there will be no judgment debts* 11. For every district, there will be one factory provided. 12. *There will be FREE SHS.* 13. *When the government constructs roads we shouldn't count them as achievements because that's the government's responsibility* 14. *the cedis will rub shoulders with the dollar.* 15. *For every constituency, one million dollars will be provided* 16. *JHS leavers will perform massively well in the BECE* Mr President Elect, it might be helpful to point out to you that in light of the fact that you won on all university campuses, most of your supporters are intellectuals. Intellectuals who I suppose are very objective and not hypocrites. If at the end of the next four years you do not achieve these promises the thumb that brought u will be the same thumb that will show u the exit. *we do not want any excuses* I repeat *we do not want any excus
Weda dey do it or not once Nana is president create loot and share will be a thing of the past @kojo ndur ashiwuoooooo. NDC guys shld focus u have not learnt ur lessons. Keep on putting us on our toes. D difference between NDC and NPP IS NDC HATES ADVICE BUT VICE VERSA FOR THE NPP. Ur father said he will buy u chrismass shirt when he recieves his month salary, he has not being paid salary yet u asking him for ur shirt. Nana will never b president ashimuoooooo
likewise the ndc also used their cape coast sectary who was involve in the accident on 12th Dec. for thanksgiving.
@Kojo Ndur...you are a ***barred word***! The new government has not even taken office yet and you ndc bofoons have started your ***barred word***. Nana has stated he will deliver so you better ***barred word*** and wait fur competent and corruption-free governance
So what. I am waiting for my $1 million for K.E.E.A, my free school, my dam for my Village, free healthcare, free house, free free wife if possible, my factory for my Village. However, did UP/NPP got somebody for the thank you service to Atoa Niama or not? or they used that Fante guy who die in a hotel for the thank you service or not?