Northern trainee nurses, midwives to sue gov’t if

Members of the Concerned Trainee Nurses and Midwives Association of Northern Zone have served notice of suing government over their almost three years accumulated unpaid allowances. They have given government two weeks ultimatum to defray the debt or else they will seek legal redress. They have also vowed to hit the principal streets of Tamale if government fails to address their concerns. General Secretary of the Concerned Trainee Nurses and Midwives Association of Northern Zone, Anankanbil Joseph on Tuesday October 07, 2014 issued the threat at a news conference in Tamale. He said no amount of persuasion will intimidate the Association’s leadership to rescind its decision of hitting the streets and by extension seek legal redress over the matter. According to Anankanbil Joseph, some members of the association in the Northern Region are being chased by banks and micro finance institutions to remit loans they collected to pay their school fees and to survive. He lambasted government for creating the erroneous impression that GHC140, 000,000,00 was used for paying all Trainee Nurses and Midwives in the country. This Anankanbil Joseph bemoaned created mistrust between the students and their parents who are reluctant to pay their school fees. He said the association members have being overstretched and will no longer tolerate any further delays in paying their accumulated allowances beyond the two weeks ultimatum given government.

Source:Shawana Yussif