National Vice Chairperson of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Anita Desoso has blamed the current unemployment status of nurses and health professionals on their hasty decision to vote the New Patriotic Party (NPP) into power.
President Akufo-Addo, as part of his 2016 campaign message, assured nurses across the country of the full restoration of their allowances if he is voted into power.
According to him, the training of more healthcare and education professionals was of the utmost importance, hence the need to restore the allowances.
The health professionals who bought into the campaign message now seem to have their hopes dashed as they continue in the fight against delayed financial clearance for employment.
However, Madam Desoso maintained that the agitated health professionals should have given it a thorough thought before voting for the NPP while claiming the NDC had good intentions for them.
She explained that in a bid to find a way to solve the issue of Doctors going on strike in the country, former president John Mahama planned on transferring some of the trained nurses abroad for income generation to settle the Doctors.
This she said, would have eased the financial constraints on the erstwhile government who resorted to the “emergency” import of Cuban Doctors.
“During our era JDM, he said we needed more nurses so that we can export some of them then we will be getting something small from salary. The reason being that anytime Doctors go on strike, we have to call on Cuba, emergency. So we thought that why can’t NDC also implement such a policy,” she stated.
Unhappy about the situation, Anita Desoso said the nurses did not heed to the ex-president’s advice neither did they have confidence in the proposal. Hence went ahead to choose the current government.
Speaking to www.ghanaweb.com, she lamented, “They didn’t believe us and they rushed and voted for them (NPP). As I’m talking to you now, January up to April, they have not given them any allowance. Even yesterday, their demonstration, they sent a petition to the Minister. He didn’t even say a word and they got angry. So I will just wish and pray that Ghanaians should know that you cannot always rely on your stomach –what you eat today but think about your future.”
The minority has lashed out at government on several occasions for ‘deceiving’ Ghanaians into believing their many assurances such as One District One Factory Policy, restoration of the ‘dead’ National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), building of more health facilities which to them, are yet to be implemented.
Madam Desoso, on the other hand, insisted that unlike the late President John Atta Mills who foresaw that he could not fulfil all his promises he made to Ghanaians and he quickly apologized to the people, President Akufo-Addo should have also come out clean.
“When we came and our late president saw that it won’t help us because we were not having resources, he came out publicly to say that he is sorry and that he promised of one term premium but he has seen that it cannot be possible.
“…so if you are a leader and you want to implement a policy and you know that it will not be feasible just be bold enough to say it because one; if you want National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to work effectively, you need hospitals, CHPS compounds. So let’s ask ourselves, how many hospitals, regional hospitals has NPP ever built? None. How many district hospitals were they able to build? Few. What about Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compounds? She asked rhetorically.
Source: Ghanaweb.com
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peacefm, USE GOOD ENGLISH PLEASE!!! "Rushed" is NOT USED in the context cited above! The news is going global and you are portraying your media as having problems using English language with VERY ABYSMAL use of grammar, comprehension and spelling.
look at her face, is thid woman really educated
Who is going to employ nurses overseas without any experience. NDC stopped recruitment of nurses, teachers and public service due to IMF conditions. Don't deceive the poor nurses. They are not the only ones facing unemployment. All school leavers are going through this phenomena. Liar name the country where you are going to export nurses?
Why did the nurses rush to vote beside your party which has the advantage of staying in power ?" CHAMPION DIE HARD" as they say . President Kennedy once said 2 NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY " My advice is that if you still depend on your old party bearer to contest for the next elections hmmmmmmm . I'm neither for NPP or NDC . Ican see that NPP has the CHANCE TO RETAIN IN POWER like Mohammed Ali
CAN SOMEONE REMAIN HER " ONE TIME PREMIUM"
some of these NDC characters talk as if 2016 was 20yrs ago.
So you think NDC was the better alternative? With double salaries? You go on DECEIVING this LOW minded nurses. Before they are aware those of their colleagues would have taken ALL positions! The saying goes. "If fufu is pounded with a needle and the soup made from groundnut husk, those who do NOT want to eat will give ALL excuses like: 1. The fufu is full pebbles 2. The soup is not sweet. Before they (those FULL of complains) are aware, those who want something to eat, would have FINISHED eating.
Your NDC cause all this, dont behave as if you have no idea
These NDC characters never seize to amaze me. You just left government, and yet you talk as if everything was fine with everyone at the time you left. Or is it because you said Ghanaians have short memories? You were in government when nurses sat at home for 4 years without being posted. So how can you now dare say that the present government, which has been in power for only one and half years, has failed the nurses? How dishonest and mischievous can you be? And you are hoping that such antics can win you back power? God forbid!
In which year did the nurses crying foul complete their training? What did you ***barred word*** NDC do to them?