{"id":157559,"date":"2024-03-01T11:44:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T11:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/01\/unemployed-nurses-midwives-protest-over-delayed-postings\/"},"modified":"2024-03-01T11:44:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T11:44:24","slug":"unemployed-nurses-midwives-protest-over-delayed-postings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/01\/unemployed-nurses-midwives-protest-over-delayed-postings\/","title":{"rendered":"Unemployed nurses, midwives protest over delayed postings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Graduate Unemployed Nurses and Midwives Association (GUNMA) has taken to the streets of Tamale in protest of their unemployment situation.<\/p>\n<p>The group is strongly expressing its discontent towards the government and its agencies, namely the Ministry of Health (MoH) and Ministry of Finance (MoF), for their failure to provide financial clearance and permanent employment to over 75,000 graduate nurses and midwives trained at various accredited public universities and training colleges.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1024145 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-01-at-10.37.40_bdfdb103.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"486\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The professionals have successfully passed their Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) licensing exams.<\/p>\n<p>The aggrieved nurses are calling on the government to clear the backlog of nurses and midwives from 2020, 2021, and 2022 who are awaiting their postings to serve the country.<\/p>\n<p>The group asserts that qualified nurses and midwives remain unemployed, while the government and its agencies have overlooked them in favour of employing unqualified individuals, such as senior high school graduates, who undergo minimal training to practice in healthcare wards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Nursing and Midwifery Council is mandated by the Health Professional Regulatory Act to secure, in the public\u2019s interest, the highest training and practice for nurses and midwives in this country. If I have been trained and inducted and sit home for close to four years, where then lies their mandate?\u201d one nurse, Abdul Rauf, questioned what the NMC is doing to alleviate their plight.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1024142 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-01-at-10.37.39_4ff3e418.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"486\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNurses should not do their rotation for close to a year before their allowances are released, nurses should not sit in the house for so many years before they are posted, nurses should not picket before they are posted, and believe it or not, throughout the world, nurses are the backbone of every country,\u201d another nurse lamented.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><strong>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click on the link to join the Citi Newsroom channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU: https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>No spams, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Graduate Unemployed Nurses and Midwives Association (GUNMA) has taken to the streets of Tamale in protest of their unemployment situation. 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