Francis Kwaku Wuni, the Upper East Regional Secretary of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), says unity is the greatest asset of the Association, which must be upheld and protected. "Unity is the greatest asset we have as a union, and we must all hold it high," he said at the Bolgatanga Municipal launch of the Nurses and Midwives Week celebration.
The event, organised by the Municipal branch of the GRNMA, was on the theme: "Nurses and midwives, our future: Caring for nurses and midwives strengthens economies." Wuni, who addressed members on unionism and welfare issues, blamed the delay and non-implementation of their conditions of service agreement by their employer on the several breakaways and divisions within the nursing and midwifery professions. "All health professionals have had their conditions of service agreements implemented except us.
This would not have happened if we were united under the mother Association, GRNMA," he said.
According to the Regional Secretary, politicians feared numerical strength and, therefore, took advantage of the division within the nursing and midwifery professions to delay the implementation of their conditions of service.
