General News of Monday, 8 June 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comMahama promises to continue payment of allowances to trainee teachers, nursesFormer President John Mahama is hoping to return to the Jubilee House after the December pollsFormer President John Mahama, who is staging a comeback to the Jubilee House, has promised to continue the payment of allowances to trainee teachers and nurses if he wins the December 2020 presidential polls. The allowances were cancelled in 2014 under Mahama’s administration, a controversial move that pitched his government against trainee teachers and nurses. It means that we are going to continue paying trainee allowances, but we will improve the student loan and adapt it so that it serves the same purpose as the allowances,” he promised. One of the campaign promises made by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) during the 2016 elections was to restore the teacher and nursing trainee allowances if elected to office. The NPP government also allocated GH¢57,800,000,000.00 for an estimated average of 48,000, teacher trainees in all public colleges of education and 49,000 nursing trainees in public nursing institutions for 2019/2020 academic years.

Source: GhanaWeb June 08, 2020 11:03 UTC