The Government has restored allowances for nurse trainees after the same administration scrapped it a few years ago.
Government announced a scrapping of the allowances in order to remove the restrictions on admission to the various training institutions but the scrapping was vehemently resisted by the students.
Following that a technical committee was set up by President John Dramani Mahama to review the issue the allowances and make some recommendations to government.
After the committee’s work, the government announced that it has restored the allowances.
A statement released by the Minister of Health, Alex Segbefia said: “A Technical Committee set up by the President to review the issue of nursing students’ allowances has recommended the payment of an abated allowance with a possibility to migrate them onto the students Loan Scheme.
“The payment which will amount to about GHC150 a month is aimed at supporting 34,500 students who are currently pursuing various levels of health professional training across the country.
“The payment amount would serve as a bridging mechanism pending the amendment of the Students Loan Trust Act, to enable students in non-tertiary Health Training Institutions access loans to support their education.
The statement further indicated : “Further information will be available at the Health Training Institutions Secretariat.”
Source: Ghana/AccraFM.com
