About 30% of trainees have never received any allowances – Coalition of Concerned Nurses & Midwives Trainees
The Coalition of Concern Nurses and Midwives Trainees has revealed that approximately 30% of trainees have never received any allowances at all.
According to the group, after completion trainees do not stand any chance of receiving their arrears owned by government as there is no arrangement put in place for that since the restoration of allowance evidence by many trainees who completed without allowance and has never been paid their arrears since.
The group in a statement said “this situation is untenable and unacceptable. Trainees across various batches are facing significant financial hardships due to the non-payment of their allowances. It is imperative that the government acts swiftly to address this issue and fulfil its promises by paying all arrears as stated above due to trainees not the usual one-month payment out of the many arrears been owed by government to these hardworking students.”
It further called on the government to prioritize the payment of arrears owed to trainees and ensure that such delays do not occur in the future.
Their call comes on the back of the announcement by Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia that 177million is to be released by the Finance Ministry on Thursday, May 16, 2024 to pay the allowances owed nurses trainees.
As of May 2024, this is the breakdown of arrears owed the trainees
2017 Batch: One month of arrears is owed to trainees who completed in 2020.
2018 Batch: Three months of arrears is owed to trainees who completed in 2021.
2019 Batch: Four months of arrears is owed to trainees who completed in 2022.
2020 Batch: A staggering fifteen months of arrears is owed to trainees who completed in 2023.
2021 Batch: Trainees in their 3rd year as of May 2024 are owed 27 months of arrears, while those in 2-year courses are owed 17 months. In not less then a month these batch of trainees will complete their training with this huge sum of arrears.
2022 Batch: An estimated 16 months of arrears are owed as of May 2024.
2023 Batch: Nine months of arrears is owed to trainees who will complete in 2026 as of May 2024.
Approximately 30% of trainees have never received any allowances at all.
