The Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, has pledged to ensure that trainee allowances are paid regularly and promptly.
Speaking to nursing trainees in the Savannah Region, Dr. Bawumia expressed his commitment to resolving the issue of allowance arrears.
“For us, we restored the alawa. For other people, they cancelled the alawa. And we are going to keep working hard. And I am going to keep my eyes on your alawa so that we can make sure that it is regular and comes and comes and comes. You will be assured of that. I am going to keep my eye on it. We are going to change this country.”
The Vice President made a similar promise to nurses and midwives in Accra on Tuesday, May 14.
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He announced that an amount of GH¢177 million would be disbursed on Thursday, May 16, to clear the arrears owed to nursing trainees.
“This Thursday, the Controller is transferring GH¢177 million to the Ministry of Health to pay the nursing training allowances. So I have also alerted Dr. Okoe-Boye to be on standby when the money hits the Ministry of Health account, they should move it quickly to the accounts of the nursing trainees so that they will have their alawa. It will drop.”