*CHANGE YOUR POSTURE TOWARDS STRIKING NURSES AND MIDWIVES – MINORITY TO GOVT* The Minority in Parliament has urged the government to reconsider its approach to the ongoing nu

*CHANGE YOUR POSTURE TOWARDS STRIKING NURSES AND MIDWIVES – MINORITY TO GOVT* The Minority in Parliament has urged the government to reconsider its approach to the ongoing nurses and midwives strike, emphasising the need for constructive engagement rather than legal action. Speaking on the issue at a presser in Accra on Tuesday June 10, Ranking Member on the Health Committee of Parliament, Dr Nana Ayew Afriyie, stressed that the demands outlined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) are reasonable and justified. However, he criticised the government’s failure to engage the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) since January, leading to escalating protests. Dr. Afriyie outlined the nurses’ gradual steps in their industrial action, which began with red bands, followed by disruptions to outpatient (OPD) and inpatient (IPD) services, culminating in a total strike. “All the expectations in the CBA called for in appendix B is justified and not far fetched but

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*CHANGE YOUR POSTURE TOWARDS STRIKING NURSES AND MIDWIVES – MINORITY TO GOVT*

The Minority in Parliament has urged the government to reconsider its approach to the ongoing nurses and midwives strike, emphasising the need for constructive engagement rather than legal action.

Speaking on the issue at a presser in Accra on Tuesday June 10, Ranking Member on the Health Committee of Parliament, Dr Nana Ayew Afriyie, stressed that the demands outlined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) are reasonable and justified.

However, he criticised the government’s failure to engage the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) since January, leading to escalating protests.

Dr. Afriyie outlined the nurses’ gradual steps in their industrial action, which began with red bands, followed by disruptions to outpatient (OPD) and inpatient (IPD) services, culminating in a total strike.

“All the expectations in the CBA called for in appendix B is justified and not far fetched but government has not seen the need to have engaged them since January. They (GRNMA) feel undermined as far as their rights are concerned and that is why they advised government that we are going to wear red bands for the first stage, the next stage we are going to do OPD, and the next stage IPD and now total strike,” he said.

Instead of addressing their concerns through dialogue, the National Labour Commission (NLC) resorted to taking the association to court—a move the Minority sees as an “extreme act of bad faith.”

Ranking Member on Parliament’s Health Committee, Dr. Nana Ayew Afriyie, also urged government to use the upcoming mid-year budget review to accommodate the demands of striking nurses and midwives, insisting that the law provides a clear pathway for such fiscal adjustments within the year.

Dr. Afriyie said government cannot hide behind budgetary constraints to delay action on the grievances of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), who have declared an indefinite nationwide strike.

Report by PKB