The Coalition of Unemployed Nurses (CUN) has unanimously kicked against government’s Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) policy to engage them on a three-year contract basis.
A statement issued by the group’s leadership and copied to GhanaWeb indicated that members of the coalition have gone through series of rigorous training, “ethically, physically, psychologically and licensed” to practice as qualified nurses, hence deserve better employment.
“We the unemployed Nurses have unanimously kicked this half cooked policy by this government into the gutters which seeks to engage us for a period of three years on contract basis. We have gone through series of rigorous training, ethically, physically, psychologically and licensed to practice as qualified Nurses”, the statement emphasized.
The unemployed nurses claim government is attempting to hoodwink Ghanaians with the NABCO in order to score cheap political point.
“The policy is not only irritating and repulsive but it is an attempt to hoodwink Ghanaians and to throw dust into the eyes of the masses for the purposes of scoring cheap political point”, the statement further revealed.
The aggrieved nurses registered their displeasure with government’s decision to employ them under the policy instead of fast tracking their financial clearances and offer them permanent employment.
According to them, “It will be of good to government to exempt us from this policy in its embryonic stage and go back to the drawing board to hasten our financial clearance. We wish to state categorically and emphatically that we the unemployed nurses are not interested in the policy and will not agree to this policy any day any time”.
Below is the full statement
PRESS STATEMENT BY COALITION OF UNEMPLOYED NURSES (CUN)
REITERATE NATIONS BUILDERS CORPS (NABCO); MODULE,HEAL GHANA WHICH INCLUDES MOST HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.
April 29, 2018.
The leadership of COALITION OF UNEMPLOYED PRIVATE NURSES (COUPN) and the entire membership across Ghana wishes to draw the attention of the general public and the good people of Ghana to the UNFAIR treatment by the current government to PROFESSIONAL HEALTH WORKERS.
Unemployment at the health sector of this country has been a bone of contention involving innocent youth who have been well groomed qualified health professionals.
Therefore given rise to the formation of magnitude groups to fight the plight of securing for employment. Coalition of Unemployed Private Nurses (COUPN) has been the mouth piece for our members who have been ages left out from employment system by the government since 2011 till date.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has invariably claim and ascertain that our names have been sent to the finance ministry for clearance to be made, that is availing ourselves to our follow up consensus subjected to our verification process. Nevertheless, NATION BUILDERS CORPS (NABCO) rather have been allocated to us claiming its awaits the clearance.
We therefore bring to the attention of all members of (COUPN) and the entire concern people of Ghana that, WE ARE PROFESSIONALS AND NOT ALLOWANCE (NABCO) NURSES, SO THEREFORE WE REJECT the MODULE; HEAL GHANA UNDER THE NABCO FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.
We need to be respected not to undermined our professional status and integrity. We are solely entitled to be employed in accordance with the Act, we swore an oat making us much professionals to be entrusted with innocent lives. Government can however launch NATION BUILDERS CORPS(NABCO) But the section 7 where we health professionals find ourselves under (HEALTH GHANA) we still stand very firm by our right as CITIZENS NOT SPECTATORS to REJECT NATION BUILDERS CORPS (NABCO).HEAL GHANA. We therefore call on officials of MOH to retract the statement that ‘they are given us a favor’.
We BOLDLY WANT TO MAKE IT KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE HAVE NOT ENDORSED THE
‘HEAL GHANA’. We are professionals and we deserve better than this (NABCO).
We the National Executive council (NEC) of the Coalition have finally decided and arrived at the following disadvantage to us as far as the ‘HEAL GHANA’ policy is concern.
1. Government will be adamant but not tenacious to push for our financial clearance be released after agreement to be enrolled on the HEAL GHANA module.
2. Denial of employees to have full benefit with regards to all conditions of service in as much that, salaries will not be the same as our colleagues been posted permanently.
Moreover mode of payment would not be through Controller and Accountant General Department consequently restricts all members to get appraisals.
3. Job description will be a major challenge when we get ourselves enrolled under NABCO. Are we to be called STAFFS or NABCO NURSES as previous government did?
4. We are not by any interest to create disunity among ourselves and that of our colleagues posted permanently, since they might however look down upon us which will really jeopardize our relationship and profession.
We are therefore sending a strong signal through this medium alerting the Government that we are one entity and by no instance will we create room for conflicts.
We won’t sit idle as professionals and be used to score cheap political interest. We respect our profession and we still embark on REJECTING THE HEAL GHANA POLICY FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.
WE ENTREAT ALL MEMBERS TO CALM THEIR NERVES DOWN AND SAVE MUCH STRENGTH TO FOLLOW OUR ROADMAP.
Therefore, members should refrain from signing up for the NABCO module dubbed; HEAL GHANA and further advise the government that the BEST WAY to heal Ghana is to give life savers PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT other than that they are entrusting innocent lives into irate nurses and health Professionals as a whole.
GOD BLESS (COUPN) 💉💊
GOD BLESS GHANA. 🇬🇭🇬🇭
Source: otecfmghana.com
