Hundreds of nurses and health professionals are threatening to vote out the New Patriotic Party government in 2020 it fails to review some terms and conditions governing the Nation Builders Corps (NaBCo).
“He [President Nana Akufo-Addo shouldn’t worry. 2020 is coming. We voted him in and we will vote him out,” some nurses shouted in unison to Citi News as they marched in protest against the Heal Ghana module under NaBCo.
The nurses, who belong to the Ghana Nurse-Midwife Trainees Association and the National Health Students Association of Ghana, want amendments made to the Heal Ghana module under NaBCo.
They are also demanding financial clearance which has not been forthcoming for many months, to pave way for their employment. “The reason why we are against this policy is that, this policy is just detrimental to our lives. This policy is something that is not going to help us. This policy has no future for the nurses,” one protester told Citi News.
“We feel like the government has lied to us. The government promised us financial clearance in May; not NaBCo. NaBCo is a stranger to us. It came all of a sudden and we are even shocked I don’t think anybody understands it,” another nurse said.
Despite their complaints, the government has explained that unemployed nurses who sign unto the corps will still be posted when they eventually receive financial clearance from the Finance Ministry.
The Coordinator of the Nation Builders Corps, Dr. Ibrahim Anyass, has stated that although there are openings for graduate nurses to be employed under the scheme, application for the jobs is not compulsory.
According to him, the project had been initiated by the government as a stopgap measure to allow graduates from tertiary institutions who had completed their mandatory year of National Service gain vital work experience, while ensuring that they continue to practice the skills they have learnt.
“Government has put in place a graduate employment scheme called the Nation Builders Corps. The Scheme is an enrichment process to add value to any graduate that seeks to become employable in the future in a permanent fashion. That does not replace the natural processes of recruitment in the public or private sector. So the NaBCo project has nothing to do with stopping of clearances for future recruitment except that it guarantees you security to be able to use your talents to practice, especially those who have hands-on skills like nurses…What we are saying is that it’s not compulsory to get onto the Nation Builders Corps, it doesn’t stop your clearance. You are gaining some kind of integrity in terms of your professional practice by taking advantage of this scheme to practice while waiting for your clearance.”
Source: citinewsroom.com
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HOW UNGRATEFUL COULD YOU BE? JUST BECAUSE MAHAMA WAAKYE , YOU ARE OUT THERE SPITTING ***barred word***. NANA ADDO HAS ONLY BEEN IN POWER FOR JUST A LITTLE OVER ONE YEAR. HE AND HIS NPP GOVT HAVE RESTORED NURSES ALAWA WHICH THE ***barred word*** YOU ARE BLINDLY FOLLOWING CANCELLED. HOW CAN YOU HAVE SUCH MEMORY? DO YOU EXPECT NANA ADDO TO PERFORM MAGIC BY SOLVING ALL THE MESS THE MAHAMA ***barred word*** LEFT BEHIND? AND BY THE WAY DID MAMHAMA CREATED JOBS FOR YOU? IF SO HOW COMW SOME OF YOU ARE COMPALAINING BEEN UNEMPLOYED FOR YEARS? GO AHEAD AND VOTE FOR NDC. WE DONT NEED YOUR VOTES. YOU I*N*G*R**ID*S!!!
Let the NDC nurses DECEIVE themselves. They are NOT the only voters. Parents who are benefit from FREE SHS, 1V1D, $1M 1 Constituency etc will all vote!
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After your allowa the NDc cancelled is restored....... Vote for John Ford Mahama and his evil NDC and your allowa will be withdrawn again.....
But see these nurses oo, we graduated with first class in engineering from university yet we are happy about this program. You university reject students are there making noise. Anyway, Mr. President, if they won't participate, me in particular would love to choose the heal Ghana option to be trained for the heath service after all nurses in this country can only test and treat malaria which I'm already familiar with. Half a load you say, a crumb of a loaf is better than none, be there and be doing jor jor.
u dont have to wait until 2020 to vote. u can vote now. in fact we know ur number so the EC will add ur votes to that of ndc's bcos i know they are the only party u can vote for. ungrateful beings.
Even in the UK as I post, there is serious unemployment that there are no longer permanent jobs. They now do one year contract, renewal at the end of the year and based on conduct. One is lucky to get a two year contract. U are hear fooling yourselves. Keep fooling yourselves and don't get yourselves something to do. You will live to regret it
There are so many private hospitals in Ghana now, why don't you apply to any of them if you think you are better than those who are joining Nabco? I advance countries such the USA, nurses take financial aid for their education and yet look for job themselves after graduation. You do not deserve any preferential treatment because you are not better off than any other graduate from Legon, KNUST or UCC. Vote Nana Addo out now! Show that you are indeed an educated people!
Go ahead and vote Nana Addo out we don't care one bit. You are all such irresponsible guys...because NDC blocked your chances of gaining employment with TOTAL BAN for FOUR YEARS. A new government comes in and tries to mitigate the situation with a stop gap measure and you are there saying what? If you like do your special voting today and wait for the so called empty threat of 2020. Demonstration is not for sale so demonstrate everyday who cares?
NDC stop nurses allowance, and create back log of unemployed nurses. A government came in employed some and is asking you to take temporal work when you are waiting for permanent posting. Are you the only people who have to school. Very ***barred word*** and conman behaviour