The Deputy Minister of Finance, Thomas Nyarko Ampem, has appealed to the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) to reconsider their demands for the immediate implementation of a 2024 agreement on improved conditions of service This comes in the wake of the impasse between the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) and the government over the implementation of a 2024 agreement stipulating better conditions of service for the health workers.
Addressing the press on Tuesday, June 10, 2026, the Deputy Finance Minister noted that the full implementation of the current conditions of service demanded by the nurses would have severe consequences on the national budget.
He reiterated the government's commitment to fiscal discipline and economic recovery, urging the striking nurses and midwives to agree and engage in further negotiations "We have over 120,000 nurses, and the implementation of the current condition of service that they are demanding will have serious consequences for the budget.
In fact, if we fully implement it, we are going to add in excess of GHS2 billion to the compensation budget. "We have all committed that in our resolve to reset the economy of this country, we must maintain a 1.5% primary balance surplus every year in order to bring our debt levels to sustainable levels.
