Former Head of Intelligence Unit University of Ghana, Legon-Student Representative Council (SRC) Obeng Daniel, aka Barrister, has taken a swipe at President John Dramani Mahama for beating retreat on the trainee nurses and teachers allowances in Ghana.
He could not fathom why the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government has rescinded its ‘unpopular’ decision to scrap the nursing trainee allowances as the December 7, 2016 polls draws closer.
In 2013, the NDC administration declared the abolishment of the trainee nurses allowance, explaining that it was to ensure the removal of some restrictions on admission to the various training institutions.
Government further explained that scrapping the allowances would grant more students the opportunity to gain admissions into the institutions.
But the abolishing of the said allowances and the silver-tongued explanations offered by the Mahama government was viciously rejected with mass protests and statements from the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), the Ghana Nurses and Midwives Trainees Association (GNMTA), including the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
However, a press release signed and issued by Mr. Obeng Daniel in Accra yesterday and copied toToday stated that the nursing/teacher trainees should not be “fooled” with allowance restoration and be dumped after elections.
He called on nursing/teacher trainees to be vigilante just as Article 25(1)d of the 1992 Constitution talks about equality, accessibility, affordability, and progressive introduction of free education at the tertiary level.
According to him, nursing/teacher trainees and students have suffered a lot in the hands of this government for the past eight years.
“As I speak I have several friends who have deferred their courses at the nursing/teacher trainee sector just because their parents cannot afford to pay their school fees. Others too have stopped schooling because the means to attain tertiary education at nursing/teacher trainee is not there,” he noted.
Source: Today Newspaper
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whether trainee nurses or midwifes Mahama is going. CHANGE IS COMING
Do you think we have time to read all this ***barred word***? If you have advice just advice your incompetent Mahama.
Nurses/Teacher, be vigilant. These professional corn artists cannot be trusted. A word to a wise is enough.
I DON'T WANT TO REVEAL MY IDENTITY, THE PRESIDENT , THE FINANCE MINSTER ASIEDU NKATIA, LORDINA AND SOME KEY APPOINTMENT HOLDERS, MET AT THE PRESIDENT HOUSE, THE OUTCOME OF THE MEETING WAS FINANCE MINISTER SHOULD FINE MONEY TO PAY THE NURSES FOR JUST TWO MONTHS, AFTER THE ELECTION, THEN THEY PUT THEM ON STUDENT LOAN THAT WAS THE AGREEMENT, THE MEETING LASTED FOR THREE HOURS, NURSES BE VIGILANT, I REST MY CASE
Both the former SRC Intel head and the writer have not reported on the accurate happenings in the education sector. It was only the teacher training allowance that was scrapped by the government to encourage more admissions. The President has never said the nursing allowance was scrapped to promote admissions into the various nursing institutions.
YOU CANNOT DECEIVE GHANAIANS, LIKE I SAID NOW THAT PEOPLE ARE TEACHING THEIR PETS TO READ, DOGS WILL NOT FALL FOR YOUR PROPAGANDA. AND IF THERE IS ANYBODY HERE ON THIS PLATFORM READING THIS PEACE, HE SHOULD TREAT IT AS SUCH,. UNLESS HE OR SHE PROVES TO BE SOMETHING LESS THAN A PET. THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T STATE CATEGORICALLY THAT HE RESCIND HIS DECISION ON THE ISSUE. AS A LEADER OF A SRC,, INTEGRITY IS WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOU RATHER THAN PEDESTRIAN POLITICKING. WHAT THE PRESIDENT MEANT WAS THAT,,,THE EXISTING TRAINEES WILL ACCESS THE STUDENTS LOAN TILL THE SYSTEM IS EXHAUSTED, SO HOW DOES THIS MEAN BRINGING BACK THE ALLOWANCE. NOTE THAT ONCE THE TRAINEES IN THE SYSTEM ARE EXHAUSTED THE NEW POLICY TAKES FULL FLEDGE. THEN THE NPP SUBTLY SKEW IT TO MEAN THAT ONCE THE PRESIDENT IS RE ELECTED HE WILL SCRAPE THE ALLOWANCE AGAIN. MEANWHILE THE TRUE STATE OF AFFAIR IS THAT THE ALLOWANCE SYSTEM IS TRULY ABOLISHED TO ENABLE MORE TRAINEES TO BE ENROLLED, AND BY THE TIME THEY GRADUATED THERE IS AVAILABLE JOBS FOR THEM. A REASON WHY A HUGE INVESTMENT IS CONCENTRATED IN SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE, BEING ONE OF THE KEY THEMATIC AREAS OF THE MANIFESTO. PUTTING PEOPLES FIRST. SO FOR AN SRC LEADER TO MAKE SUCH POROUS ARGUMENT, MEANS THAT YOU ARE AS EMPTY AS AKUFFO ADDO AND BAWUMIAH PUT TOGETHER.