Samuel Alagkora Akologo, the vice President of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has stated the government must be blamed if lives are lost amid the ongoing strike by nurses and midwives.
The health workers initiated the strike on June 2, 2025, in protest against the government’s failure to implement an agreement signed with the previous Akufo-Addo administration.
The GRNMA grievances include the non-payment of critical allowances, such as responsibility, uniform, and non-basic allowances, which collectively amount to millions of cedis owed over time.
Also, the plight of over 5,000 newly qualified nurses and midwives who have been awaiting official postings since late 2024.
Speaking on Citi Eyewitness News, Samuel Alagkora Akologo stated, “Give us the best care and we can also give the best care and service to the people of Ghana. If we should lose a single life because of this agitation, it is the employers who should be held responsible, because what they are saying is that the health of Ghanaians is not important.
“The employers of the health workers are treating us like people who do not even matter. When we started the process, people were lambasting us and saying that we should exercise patience.
Today’s meeting has reaffirmed our earlier position that the employers do not intend to implement our conditions of service. We have been vindicated.”
GRNMA has stated they are ready to meet the Ministry of Health but not to renegotiate over matters already agreed with the former government.
On Monday, June 9, the Ministry convened an emergency closed-door meeting with GRNMA executives and other key health stakeholders.
The crucial meeting according to reports between the Ministry of Health and the association ended in a stalemate.
In a related story, a grieving lady has expressed frustration over the loss of her uncle, who reportedly died after suffering an asthma attack.
According to her, nurses at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital declined to provide treatment, citing an ongoing strike.
Meanwhile, Doctors at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have turned away hundreds of patients over the ongoing Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association strike action.
