Jeffrey Opata, the PRO of the Coalition of Unpaid Nurses & Midwives, has announced that about 99 per cent of them have been paid fully.
According to Jeffrey Opata, there will no longer be a Coalition of Unpaid Nurses and Midwives following the payments which have been made by the government.
In a news card shared by GHOne TV, Jeffrey Opata was quoted as saying, “About 99% of us have been fully paid, so there will no longer be a Coalition of Unpaid Nurses and Midwives”.
The development follows that 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.
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About 99% of us have been fully paid, so there will no more be a Coalition of Unpaid Nurses and Midwives… – Jeffrey Opata (PRO, Coalition of Unpaid Nurses & Midwives)#StarrFM#GHOneNews #EIBNetwork#GHOneTV #NewsAlert pic.twitter.com/YsrZhRg6DB
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