Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has told privately trained nurses who have been picketing at the health ministry for two days now that they cannot be employed, even if they put a knife to his throat.
The Coalition for unemployed Private Nurses Association stormed the Ministry of Health on Monday, July 31 to demand postings.
According to the unemployed nurses, numbering over 300, they have been discriminated against since 2010.
Addressing the nurses at the health Ministry, Mr. Agyeman-Manu said there is nothing he can do about their situation.
“I have told you that before I assumed office as the Health Minister, the financial clearance has been issued with names of people already on it, and it makes your situation bad.
“So as it stands now I cannot change it but I have begun processes to have privately trained nurses employed but the financial clearance is not here. As I stand here now even if you put a knife to my throat I cannot employ you because I don’t have the financial clearance”.
Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the protesting nurses Doreen Boateng has expressed worry over the utterances of the minister.
“In fact, it’s a problem, how can a whole father of health tell us that even if we put a knife at his throat there is nothing he could do for us.”
She added that they will continue to picket until their demands are met.
“We are going to be there because we think that they are not telling us the truth, until they come out to assure us to come back at a particular date we will adhere, but if they just give us verbal promises, we will continue to loiter around.”
Source: StarrFmonline
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I am with you on this brother! What kind of Ghana are we building where everyone from no where wants to take the Government of the day hostage...in the name of we voted for you..?? Bull$h!t! The Health Minister has said it and that's all. I am NDC and I support this stand. Let the private institutions post you to private health facilities. Aahhh...are you the only important professionals in Ghana..?? Even after getting the posting what do you do, Recording and Sharing videos on Face-book..Tweeaaaa. Ya Br3 Mo Ne Togbetogbe
I am with you on this brother! What kind of Ghana are we building where everyone from no where wants to take the Government of the day hostage...in the name of we voted for you..?? Bull$h!t! The Health Minister has said it and that's all. I am NDC and I support this stand. Let the private institutions post you to private health facilities. Aahhh...are you the only important professionals in Ghana..?? Even after getting the posting what do you do, Recording and Sharing videos on ***barred word***..Tweeaaaa
Please i am a university grduate also searching for job. In my case i graduated from a public University with a bachelor in education. May i also go to the Education ministry to picket. What crass is that. Is the government under any obligation to employ someone after his/her eduation? I believe public trained nurses are employed by the state because we spend money to train and only take numbers that the state can absorb at a time. You flock to private instituitions with fake results and lower grades and want to hold the government by the nect to be employed. Most of these schools promise you employment when being admitted, did you ask where? Sit home, apply and if GHS can take you so be it but you cant force employment where you are not needed or catered for in the schemem of things.