The government, through the Ministry of Health, has cleared the 10 to 11 months of salary arrears of the coalition of Unpaid Nurses and Midwives.
According to reports, the 13,500 coalition of Unpaid Nurses and Midwives were initially employed without financial clearance under the previous administration.
The Health ministry have subsequenltu place them on the government payroll while clearing their outstanding arrears.
The coalition of Unpaid Nurses and Midwives expressed their appreciation to the Minister of Health for his efforts in resolving the issue and presented him with a Fugu as a gesture of gratitude.
It will be recalled that the Coalition of Unpaid Nurses and Midwives, last year, Thursday, October 2, 2025, staged a protest to demand their salary arrears owed by the government.
According to the nurses and midwives, about 7,000 of them have been working without salaries for the past nine to 10 months.
Stephen Kwadwo Takyiah, the convenor of the coalition, stated, “We are not comfortable hitting the streets, but it has become necessary. We are citizens, trained as professional nurses and midwives from nursing training colleges and universities.
“We graduated in 2020, completed our rotations, and waited at home for three years. In July 2024, the Ministry of Health announced it had secured financial clearance from the Ministry of Finance for our employment.
“The portals were opened, we registered, and by October 2024, we received postings and reported to work in December. Out of the 15,000 announced, about 13,000 took up postings.
“But in April 2025, only some of our colleagues started receiving salaries. As we speak, just over 6,500 have been paid, while nearly 7,000 of us have worked for close to 10 months without pay,” he lamented.
The protest started from the Efua Sutherland Children’s Park; the demonstrators will then march to the Ministry of Finance and later the Ministry of Health to submit a petition to demand immediate resolution.
Also, Thomas Ampem Nyarko, the deputy finance minister, has told the Nurses and midwives that their salary arrears will be captured in the next budget.
He expressed gratitude to the nurses and midwives for their service and apologised for the delay.
Speaking to the Nurses and midwives who hit the street demanding their salary arrears, Thomas Ampem Nyarko stated, “The message I give them is what I’m giving to you: that your issue is being addressed. We have inherited numerous legacy challenges, and we are working diligently to address them all.
In the next month or so, the Finance Minister will be in Parliament to present a new budget. Issues of health workers who have not been paid, not just you; there are even some doctors and others, are seriously being considered, and you are going to receive your salary,” he stated.
He further added, “We appreciate the work that you do for Ghana, and I’m sorry for those of you who are not even well, but have had to walk all the way here to present this petition. It will be given the needed urgent attention, as you have stated, and you’ll hear back from us”.
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The government, through the Ministry of Health, has enrolled 13,500 nurses who were initially employed without financial clearance under the previous administration onto the government payroll and cleared their outstanding arrears.
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