The government has recruited 55,000 nurses to enhance healthcare delivery, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed when he delivered the 2020 budget to Parliament on Wednesday, 13 November 2019.
Apart from recruitments into the health sector, Mr Ofori-Atta said the government has also recruited tens of thousands of people into various public sector programmes.
He stated: “A further 138,026 Ghanaians have been recruited under various programmes to support public sector delivery.”
Meanwhile, “3.6 million Ghanaians have been registered under the national ID programmes while 1,000 sanitary facilities are under construction to address open defecation and 49,000 trainee nurses have been paid GHS468 million in allowances,” Mr Ofori-Atta noted.
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EII NPP LIEING YOUR WAYS TO POWER AND CONTINUING LIEING IN BUDGET . 8226 NURSES ENGAGED ACCORDING TO GHANA HEALTH DATA FROM MINISTRY OF HEALTH BUT IT RATHER 55,000 HEALTH WORKERS ENGAGED . EII ABA GHANA DID WE GO OR DID WE COME TO ELECT SUCH LIERS INTO POLITICAL ADMINISTRATION.
BAWUMIA HAS INFECTED NPP WITH LIES NOW KEN OFORI ATTA IS EXPOSE, IN FACT, 2020 IS JUST IN THE CONNER. I PRAY ALL THE MENZGOLD CUSTOMERS, STAFFS , AND ALL MICRO INSTITUTION/COLLAPSE BANKS WORKERS VOTE AGAINST NPP. BUT MEAN WHILE, KEN OFORI ATTA WILL SURELY GET PUNISHMENT FROM GOD AT ALL COST FOR COLLAPSING MENZGOLD/OTHER BANKS.
MR FINANCE MINISTER, CHECK YOUR FIGURES VERY WELL UNLESS YOUR FIGURES ARE DECEIT. WHAT ARE THE CURRENT TOTAL NUMBER OF NURSES IN THE COUNTRY. WHAT I KNOW IS THEY ARE ONLY ABOUT 68,000. IF YOU LESS 55,000, THE DIFFERENCE IS 13,000. PLEASE GIVE A BREAK AND APOLOGIZE TO GHANA. IF NOT 2020 WE GO SHOW NANA