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Gov’t releases GHC35m to pay trainee nurses

Starrfm.com.gh By Starrfm.com.gh Published October 5, 2018
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Government has released GHC35 million to pay arears owed trainee nurses, according to the deputy Minister of Information, Pius Enam Hadzide.

This comes on the back of mounting pressure on the Ministry of Health to pay arrears of nursing trainee allowances.

Mr. Hadzide confirmed that the Controller and Accountant General has released GHC35 million out of the almost GHC60 million that is spent quarterly on the payment of trainee allowances.

He assured that the outstanding GHC25 million will be released in due course explaining further that all final year students will be paid the three months’ arrears.

“I expect that by next week trainees would be smiling to the banks or wherever to receive their allowances. I am impressed with their candor and I ask them to remain calm as government is moving at jet speed to resolve all challenges and to get Ghana working again after several years of mismanagement,” Mr Hadzide said in an interview.

The Deputy Minister added that processes are far advanced for new trainees admitted into training schools recently to receive their allowances in due course.

The Akufo-Addo government in a run-up to the 2016 Presidential elections promised to restore the teacher and nurses trainee allowances scrapped by the previous government – a promise that was fulfilled in September 2017.

The delay in the payment of the allowances, according to government, has been mainly due to the fact that, the allowances were treated as a statutory payment which was paid quarterly and in arrears. This meant that the payment of the allowances were made at the beginning of the next quarter, a situation which affected the timely release of monies to the trainees.

Government in an attempt to resolve the delay and prevent further agitations among the trainees has directed that the allowance be migrated from the statutory payments to the salaries and emoluments.

This, the minister noted, will ensure that the allowances will now be paid monthly through the Controller and Accountant General. Mr. Hadzide hopes the new arrangement when fully completed will put to rest the issue of delayed payment.

Source: Ghana/Starrfmonline.com/103.5FM

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