Former Assistant Secretary to ex-President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Ibrahim Adjei, has criticized government over failure to engage in meaningful dialogue with striking nurses, warning that its rigid stance could push the country into a worsening healthcare disaster.
Speaking on the effect of the strike by GRNMA, Adjei accused the current administration of “losing control”, arguing that the government must prioritize honest negotiations rather than issuing appeals for nurses to return to work.
“We have a social contract with the doctors, nurses, and health workers as a whole. We cannot keep telling them to return to work when people’s lives are on the line. You don’t hold healthcare workers to ransom”.
Meanwhile, the crisis within the health sector continues to worsen as the ongoing strike by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) persists.
The strike began on June 4 over unresolved service condition concerns.
Despite repeated calls by Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh for nurses to return to work and resume negotiations, the GRNMA insists that the government must first implement the 2024 Collective Agreement, which guarantees improved salaries and allowances for its members.
