Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has disclosed that 400 Ghanaian nurses will be sent to Jamaica to boost health delivery in the Caribbean nation.
According to Ablakwa, Ghana–Jamaica has revived the Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation (PJCC) after a 21-year hiatus.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs disclosed that a key outcome of the PJCC was the agreement signed, which will ensure that some 400 Ghanaian nurses are sent to Jamaica to boost health delivery in the friendly nation.
In a post shared on X, Ablakwa wrote, “A key outcome of the PJCC was the agreement we signed, which will ensure some 400 Ghanaian nurses are sent to Jamaica to boost health delivery in the friendly nation.
We also signed additional agreements for defence cooperation and tourism”.
He also disclosed that some Ghanaian teachers will be sent to Jamaica by August this year/
His post added, “Ghana and Jamaica have also agreed to complete ongoing negotiations to send Ghanaian teachers to Jamaica by August this year.
We must all be proud to see how Ghanaian professionals are in high demand all over the world.
I also took the opportunity to celebrate Jamaica for their unwavering support during the landmark adoption of the Ghana-led UN resolution declaring the transatlantic enslavement as the gravest crime against humanity.
Jamaica renewed their appreciation of Ghana’s humanitarian support when we sent our gallant soldiers and donated relief items in the aftermath of Hurricane Melisa.
It is worthy of note that the Jamaican Prime Minister, The Rt. Hon. Andrew Holness has extended a special invitation to President John Mahama to serve as guest of honour at this year’s Jamaican National Day celebrations.
I am deeply elated and inspired by the renewed enthusiasm in our ancestral Ghana-Jamaica relations”.
In related news, some 130 Ghanaian health workers left Ghana for Antigua under the government’s Labour Exchange Programme some months ago.
The health workers left the country on Monday, January 26, 2026, to undertake a three-year contract in Antigua.
The move is part of the Mahama government’s plans to tackle unemployment in Ghana while strengthening Ghana’s presence in the international health sector.
A departure ceremony was held at Kotoka International Airport with the Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, seeing off the health workers.
Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, the Minister of Health, highlighted that the intervention aimed at addressing the backlog of more than 80,000 unemployed health professionals.
Speaking on the initiative, the Minister of Health stated, “The Ghana Labour Exchange Programme is an initiative of the President to create jobs for citizens. Today, it is the turn of health workers. We inherited a backlog of more than 80,000 health professionals who have completed various degrees but are without employment.
“As part of efforts to create jobs, the government is exploring avenues where countries have requested that our health professionals work with them. Today, it is Antigua. We are also working on similar arrangements with Trinidad, Barbados, and Jamaica. These deployments will be done in batches,” he said.
See the post below:
It has been most impactful reviving our PJCC with Jamaica after a long 21-year hiatus.
— Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa (@S_OkudzetoAblak) May 31, 2026
I commend my counterpart, the outstanding Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica, Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith for leading such an impressive delegation of… pic.twitter.com/b57AqdQ55H
