The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has stated they are ready to meet the Ministry of Health but not to renegotiate over matters already agreed with the former government.
GRNMA stated the ongoing strike is their only weapon to make the government listen to them.
According to the GRNMA, they know Ghanaians are being affected by the strike action but that is the weapon they have.
The GRNMA emphasised that they will not be drawn into fresh discussions when the 2024 Collective Agreement has been signed and only awaiting implementation.
Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Monday, June 9, 2025, GRNMA Greater Accra Regional Chairman, Jefferson Asare, stated, “We are ready to meet. If we receive a letter now, we will move anywhere they want us to go. But for renegotiation, we are not ready”.
He further stressed, “In the health ecosystem, it is not only nurses who have problems with the conditions of service. But we are the only group whose conditions of service have not been implemented”.
Meanwhile, the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has said their strike action continues until legally served.
According to the GRNMA, they are yet to receive any injunction notice from the court or the National Labour Commission (NLC) concerning its ongoing strike.
The NLC secured an interlocutory injunction against the ongoing strike.
In the High Court ruling dated June 5, 2025, the court granted an interlocutory injunction to stop the industrial action.
The NLC had earlier declared the industrial action by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association as illegal and directed them to call it off with immediate effect.
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.
Meanwhile, the NLC’s injunction from the High Court’s Industrial and Labour Division aims to force the GRNMA’s 128,000 members back to their posts.
The strike action has since seriously affected patients, including those with serious medical conditions.
