The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has revealed that the dismissal of nurses and midwives recruited post-December 7 will affect 5000 nurses and midwives.
According to the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association, the directive if carried upon will lead to a nationwide strike by nurses and midwives.
A letter dated February 10, 2025, by the Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah directed all Heads of government institutions to nullify all appointments made by the erstwhile Akufo-Addo administration after December 7, 2024.
Julius Debrah wrote, “Consistent with Government pronouncement in relation to the near end of tenure appointments and recruitments, I wish to bring to your attention that all appointments and recruitments made in the Public Services of Ghana after 7th December 2024 are not in compliance with established good governance practices and principles,”
“Accordingly, all Heads of Government Institutions are hereby requested to take the necessary steps to annul any such appointments or recruitments”, the statement added.
President of the Association, Perpetual Ofori Ampofo in an interview stated, “Any dismissal of those nurses and midwives will lead to a nationwide strike. There is a lot of tension in our fraternity, and you should be on our platforms, and we are saying that if they go ahead and suspend we will have no choice but to stand in solidarity with our colleagues. And solidarity means that if you are asking them to stay at home then we will all stay at home in solidarity with them”.
She further revealed the GRNMA has engaged the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh on the matter.
Perpetual Ofori Ampofo further cried out, “We already have our colleagues on the field experiencing burnout, units and departments that are not meeting the ideal nurse-to-patient ratios and also faced with emigration of our colleagues into high earning income countries and therefore there is a huge workload on those that are post and working,”
“If you have been able to recruit nurses and midwives to augment the care that is being given why would we want to now suspend them to go and sit at home for investigations to be conducted? In our view, they should be at post for investigations to be conducted and that will inform whatever actions we would want to take but not the reverse”, she added.
