General News of Saturday, 13 April 2019Source: citinewsroom.comStop paying nurse, teacher trainees allowances – Group to governmentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo with some nursesA group known as the Center for Policy Development (CDP), wants government to stop paying allowances to nurses and teachers undergoing training. The Center believes such monies could be used for other things that will impact positively on the education of these trainees. The NPP, after assuming office in 2017, resumed the payment of the allowances after it was scrapped by the Mahama administration. We think that the money should be used for other purposes instead of paying allowances. Mahama scraps trainee allowancesThe then NDC government in 2014 scrapped teacher trainee allowance, despite several calls to compel government to reintroduce it.

Source: GhanaWeb April 13, 2019 16:41 UTC