A teary nurse has broken down as she recounts how she has not been paid for the past 10 months despite the hard work and stress of her job at the Korle Bu hospital.
The nurse revealed that her situation has become dire, with her rent due and no means to pay.
Speaking in a viral video, the teary nurse stated, “We are just pleading with the government to pay us, we have been working for ten good months without salaries. Personally, my rent expired in August, and I have not been able to pay. My landlord is always asking When are you going to pay?
I have been asking for time. I stay at Pentang and I work in Korle Bu, I take transportation for 42 cedis to work every day. How do they expect me to get that money to come to work?”
She further added, “I am doing my work at the Hospital, just for the minister to tell me he appreciates what I am doing, what kind of appreciation, which form of appreciation. How can somebody work for ten good months, and you tell the person you appreciate them?
I cannot stand it, I am owing rent, what should I do to be able to pay my rent, they should pay us enough, it’s enough. You cannot even ask somebody for money the moment you text the person, they think you are coming to beg”.
Her experience reflects the plight of several newly recruited nurses and midwives, who today staged a protest against the government over 10 months of unpaid salaries.
The Coalition of Unpaid Nurses and Midwives, today, 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.
Meanwhile, some Ghanaians have reacted to the teary nurse video saying, “The govt has enough for ‘No fees stress’ and pay ‘Nursing allowance’- if you finish the school, then the govt do you ‘No Salary stress’ )man bi ni??”.
Meanwhile @GhanaBlackstarsbudget for two matches is over $1 mirrion dorras, tete sika ₵140 birrion. Eeei”, a netizen added.
Another netizen stated, “The Government should cancel all these free things, and private nursing schools, which produce nurses for them to be a government burden to absorb, need to be made to finance themselves, national service of these health professionals”.
Watch the video below:
A nurse broke down in tears as she recounted how she has not been paid for the past 10 months despite the hard work and stress of her job. She revealed that her situation has become dire, with her rent due and no means to pay.
— EDHUB🌍ℹ (@eddie_wrt) October 2, 2025
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