New Nursing Students Denied Admission Over Restored Allowance – NDC

A member of the communication team of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Dr Zakaria Mawiah has said government denied about 5000 prospective nursing students admission in order to restore the scrapped trainee nurses allowances.

A host of government officials, including president Akufo-Addo converged at a lavish ceremony in Sunyani Tuesday to officially announce the restoration of the allowances which were cancelled by the administration of former president John Mahama.

The scraping of the allowances was met with grave disapproval, assuming a key weapon of the Akufo-Addo 2016 campaign.




The government said the restored monthly allowances of the trainee nurses will cost it a whopping GH¢232million this academic year. About 58,000 nurses and midwives are expected to benefit from the restored policy. They will be paid GH¢400 each monthly during the 2017/2018 academic year.

The Conference of Heads of Health Training Institutions (COHHETI) praised the government for restoring the scrapped allowances.

Speaking on the development on Morning Starr Friday, Dr. Mawiah chastised the government for restoring the allowances.

Source:Starrfmonline