The Ghana National Council of Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has notified its members of impending industrial strike action.
The council explained that the strike action was part of a series of activities aimed at demanding a review of the 445.5% increase in license verification fees imposed on nurses and midwives.
As a result, nurses and midwives were required to pay GH¢3,000 to the Ghana Nursing and Midwifery Council to have their licenses verified, a development that the association was unhappy with.
The communiqué, signed by the GRNMA President, Mrs. Perpetual Ofori Ampofo and copied to Myjoyonline.com, directed association members in all health facilities to wear red bands.
From March 22nd to 27th, 2024.
It also indicated that a major press conference will be held on March 27, 2024 to engage the media on this subject and other related issues.
This will be followed by an indefinite strike, which will see the suspension of services in the outpatient departments of medical facilities across the country from March 28 to April 2, 2024.
Services in the inpatient department are then scheduled to cease on April 3, 2024, if nothing is done to address the association’s demands.
“These measures were necessary despite GRNMA’s official communication to that effect.
More than a week ago, the Ghanaian Parliament, Ministry of Health, Nursing and Midwifery Council and other relevant organizations expressed dissatisfaction with the 445.5% increase in the verification fee and requested that the amount be revised to an acceptable level. They have yet to even acknowledge that they have received our letter and have not made any effort to review the 3,000.00 Greeks,” said Mrs. Forever Ofori Ampofo.
She therefore directed all nurses and midwives to abide by the communiqué and not to succumb to any form of intimidation or intimidation.
She opined that the 25% increase in licensing fees was fair and could be borne by members.
“Given the current economic challenges and the fact that our salaries are not the highest, we would like to reiterate that nurses and midwives in Ghana are only entitled to salary increases of up to 25%, but all this We believe that nurses and midwives at the grade of “midwifery” can bear the burden,” she concluded.
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