General News of Friday, 5 October 2018Source: kasapafmonline.comGov’t clears GH¢35m arrears of trainee nurses allowancespresident Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo shaking hands with a nurseThe Government has released an amount of GH¢35 million to pay the arrears owed trainee nurses across the country, 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. 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 has been mainly due to the fact that, the allowances were treated as a statutory payment which was paid quarterly and in his arrears. Government is optimistic the migration of the allowances from statutory payments unto the salaries and emoluments payment will ensure uninterrupted training experience for the trainee nurses in the country.

Source: GhanaWeb October 05, 2018 13:52 UTC