Coalition of Rotation Nurses and Midwives CAUTION Government Over Detained Leaders and Pending Salaries
Members of the Coalition spoke about their disappointment in Government's decision over delayed salaries.
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Coalition of Rotation Nurses and Midwives have registered displeasure towards government for intimidating, harassing and arresting their leadership for fighting to get their unpaid allowances resolved after six complete months of service.
The Union recruited by the government to do a year-long mandatory service have also given an ultimatum of one week for authorities to address their concerns and failure to listen will leave them nothing than the application of non-violent means and dialogues to “speak the language the government understands better”.
In a press conference organized today, October 28, 2019 at the Center for National Culture, Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, the group of health workers dealt with government's intention to cut down allowance allocated to them (Diploma Nurses and Midwives) as part of a one year mandatory service.
According to a press release signed by Mr. Sebastian Naabedaar Dang-be, the payment of three out of the six months and probably asking employees to wait for an uncertain period to receive a second installed arrears is not a pleasant deal after months of intense challenges at their various postings. He read that "they think it is a deliberate attempt to punish" them.
An enquiry made was disclosed as to why a review in the single spine salary structure has affected Diploma Health workers through their discovery in a recent meeting held two weeks ago with various stakeholders of the health sector. Mr. Sebastian Naabedaar questioned on why a new system of payment of an AH1 scale has been used instead of the 12l scale which came with a decreasing amount in salary for only rotational nurses and midwives.
“As if the hardship called is not enough, we were told that despite the delay in paying our service allowance and the untold hardship this has brought upon us, th intention of both MOH and MOF is to pay us in two installments (3 months at a time) instead of the total of six (6) months arrears which we think is still deliberate attempt to punish us,” the statement read.
Disappointments were voiced towards the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association over their inactivate concern to fight for Association members in such a time as recognition was made to the leadership of the Union of Professional Nurses And Midwives, Ghana (UPNMG) for their animation to get issues resolved.
“...while reminding the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) leadership that, we , the young ones in the profession are disappointed in them over their continue slumber in this trying moment,”
“We also believer in using non-violence means and dialogues to address our concern but failure to listen to and act on the above sentiments within a period of one week ultimatum will leave us with no option than to speak the language that the government understand better,” they cautioned.
