The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has appealed for calm as the nationwide strike by nurses and midwives enters its second week, stressing the government's willingness to engage further on the matter, emphasising that the conditions of service in question were not included in the 2025 national budget.
Implementing these demands immediately, he warned, could destabilise the economy and reverse recent fiscal gains.
In a joint press conference with the Ministry of Finance, at the Jubilee House on Tuesday, June 10, Mr Akandoh acknowledged the legitimacy of the concerns raised by members of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) but cautioned that the current financial demands cannot be met without serious consequences for the economy. "Government wishes to stress its readiness to further engage with the view to implementing the conditions of service in a manner that does not dislocate the national economy," he said.
He added that the conditions of service under discussion were not factored into the 2025 national budget and implementing them in their current form would "completely throw the economy off gear". "We are mindful of the economic consequences of unbudgeted expenditure and want to avoid the economic slippages that led to instability in the recent past," he stated.
