The Coalition of Unpaid Nurses and Midwives has embarked on a protest today, Thursday, October 2, 2025, to demand the payment of salary arrears owed by the government.
The group numbering over 7,000 claimed to have been working without salaries for the past nine to 10 months, despite being formally recruited through official government processes.
The aggrieved health professionals started the demonstration from the Efua Sutherland Children’s Park, headed to the Ministry of Finance and later the Ministry of Health, where petitions will be submitted to demand immediate resolution of the matter.
Speaking to journalists, convenor of the group, Stephen Kwadwo Takyiah, said:
“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 added.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana