The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has outlined nine key demands they want the government to meet before they call off their strike.

The nurses have been on strike since June 2, 2025, citing the government's failure to implement their 2024 Collective Agreement.

The protest has significantly disrupted healthcare services nationwide, forcing many public hospitals to either scale down operations or shut down completely.

This has left many Ghanaians, especially families with sick relatives, deeply worried.

According to the GRNMA, the delay in meeting their agreed terms has forced them into this industrial action.

They stressed that their demands, which include better salaries, improved working conditions, and enhanced allowances, are crucial for sustaining a functional and effective healthcare system.

Below are the eight specific demands of the striking nurses and midwives:

• Book and research allowance • Uniform allowance • Fuel allowance • Non-basic allowance • On call facilitation allowance • Rural incentive allowance • 13th month allowance • Continuous Professional Development support

The nurses have insisted that until these concerns are addressed, they will remain on strike.

Series of engagements between the two parties, since the strike kicked off on June 2, 2025, have ended in stalemate as the government is yet to announce a clear plan on how to meet their demands.

The GRNMA have maintained that until the government takes concrete action to implement the agreement from 2024, they will not return to work.

Meanwhile, government officials have urged the nurses and midwives to reconsider their stance, assuring them that efforts are being made to address their concerns.







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