The Deputy Minister for Health, Tina Naa Ayeley Mensah says unemployed private nurses must at least appreciate efforts by the Nana Addo-led government to get them working.
According to her, their actions in recent times to picket and demand employment is “unfortunate” - she however described them as “ungrateful” health workers.
“From 2017 to this month, this government has employed a sizable number of nurses. No government has been able to do that so they should be grateful to us,” she said in an interview with NEAT FM’s morning show ‘Ghana Montie’.
The Coalition of Unemployed Private Nurses (COUPN) has given the government a 10-day ultimatum to find its members jobs or face a demonstration.
The group has accused the government of gross discrimination in securing its members jobs.
The aggrieved nurses, who said they have been home since 2012, explained that they have participated in several discussions with the ministries involved to get their grievances addressed but to no avail.
The irate nurses have subsequently given the government a 10-day ultimatum for appropriate responses to their situation or else they will embark on a series of demonstrations across the country.
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You're annoying deputy minister. Are these nurses not paying all those numerous taxes as any ordinary Ghanaian. Irritating minister you are not doing them favor in case you want to know, it's your responsibility and the government to create avenues for them to get job. AaaaG!& Ns3mfo wo Ghana papa.
Please there are uncompleted clinics and hospitals in the ***barred word*** if gov can focus and complete them it will help .
***barred word***!! Utter ***barred word***!! Are you the only Ghanaian youth who have completed school without jobs??!! Let me tell there are engineers,planners, doctors, nutritionists, bankers and others who haven't got jobs years after school and are not holding government to ransom. If the government is doing everything to get you a job to do, you sit there and threaten them??? Let me tell you, no one owes you a job, not even your parents.Mark my words 10 days will come and go and you can burn sea cos you'll have no job. Why didnt you give ultimatums and demonstrate between 2012 and 2016???!! ********
WHEN NANA ADDO WAS GOING ROUND DURING THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD HE BEGGED TO BE MADE PRESIDENT SO THAT HE COULD CHAGE THE LIVES OF GHANAIANS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE UNEMPLOYED NURSES AND GRADUATES. AFTER GIVING NPP AND NANA THE MANDATE TO GOVERN GHANA YOU NOW HAVE THE GU*TS TO CALL AND TELL PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE UNGRATEFUL JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT AND DRINK AS WELL AS SLEEP COMFORTABLY. PEOPLE'S LANLORDS ARE CHASING THEM FOR RENT OR THEY FACE EJECTIONS. OTHERS HAVE THEIR CHILDREN STRUGGLING TO GET JUST A PROPER MEAL A DAY BUT ENDS ARE NOT MEETING. BLOWS ARE BEING EXCHANGED IN THE BED ROOMS BECAUSE THE 'CHOP MONEY' HAS DELAYED OR NOT EVEN COMING. STOP INCREASING PEOPLE'S PRESSURE THROUGH SUCH INSULTS, ABI.
Private nurses understand their terms of engagements before enrolling in private nursing schools. why are they now exhibiting that ignorance. Please find your own hospitals and let the government concentrate on the bonded ones as per terms of engagement. Lawlessness everywhere which needs to be addressed.
We are not ungrateful as u said but it very sad because both public n private trained nurses writes licensial together do clinicals n all sort of stuffs then at the end of the day you post public sector ignoring de private trained nurses, I asked a question is it fair? U are a mother so plz stop discrimination coz we are all Ghanaians . Secondly we all can't attend public trained schools
MADAM STOP TALKING AND PROVIDE THEM THE WORK TO DO COS U PROMISED THEM SO THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEMONSTRATE.NANA ADDO THE LIAR.JM2020 IS POSSIBLE IN SHAA ALLAH