The Coalition of Unpaid Nurses and Midwives staged a protest in Accra on Thursday, October 2, 2025, demanding the government pay nearly 7,000 nurses and midwives who have been working without salaries for close to 10 months.
The protest began at the Efua Sutherland Children’s Park and continued with a march to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Health, where petitions were submitted.
Convenor of the coalition, Stephen Kwadwo Takyiah, said the situation was unacceptable, stressing that despite receiving official postings in December 2024 after financial clearance was granted, thousands of recruits remain unpaid.
He noted that while some 6,500 colleagues have been paid since April 2025, the delay in settling the arrears of the rest is demoralising and threatens the delivery of quality healthcare across the country.
“We are not comfortable hitting the streets, but it has become necessary. We are citizens, trained as professional nurses and midwives from nursing training colleges and universities.
“We graduated in 2020, completed our rotations, and waited at home for three years. In July 2024, the Ministry of Health announced it had secured financial clearance from the Ministry of Finance for our employment. The portals were opened, we registered, and by October 2024, we received postings and reported to work in December. Out of the 15,000 announced, about 13,000 took up postings.
“But in April 2025, only some of our colleagues started receiving salaries. As we speak, just over 6,500 have been paid, while nearly 7,000 of us have worked for close to 10 months without pay,” he lamented.
Source: AdomOnline
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