Ghanaian Nurse Cries Out Over Nine Months' Salary Arrears: “I Now Eat Gari in the Morning
- A video of a Ghanaian nurse detailing his plight as an unpaid worker has gone viral online
- The young Ghanaian man, while speaking in an interview, stated that he and other colleagues had not been paid for the past nine months
- Ghanaians who thronged the comments section of the video expressed unhappiness about the plight of unpaid nurses in the country
A group calling itself the Coalition of Unpaid Nurses and Midwives has gone public over salary arrears spanning nine months.
A member of the group, during an interview on Lawson TV on August 18, shared his plight, stating that the non-payment of salaries for the past nine months had plunged him and his colleagues into hardship.
Source: UGC
Delving into his situation, the young man, who wore a white top with red bands around his neck and wrist, indicated that his landlord had served him with an eviction notice due to his financial constraints.
The nurse explained that even money for food had become scarce, and he now depended largely on gari, which he eats before going to the hospital.
The young man mentioned that he currently works with masons on a part-time basis to earn extra income.
“My mother is in the village, so when you come into my room, I have gari there. I eat gari in the morning. When I go to work, sometimes when my friends are eating, I join them to eat. That is how I survive. I cannot afford a balanced diet,” he told the interviewer.
The group has also announced plans to embark on a demonstration to demand that the government pay their salaries.
Source: UGC
Teacher laments over unpaid salaries
In June this year, a disgruntled teacher who joined her colleagues to picket at the headquarters of the Ghana Education Service (GES) over the non-payment of salaries for the past ten months also opened up on her woes.
The teacher bemoaned that the non-payment of salaries had negatively impacted her life, and she now survives on the benevolence of loved ones.
Watch the video below:
Public reaction to concerns by unpaid nurses
Social media users who took to the comments section of the video urged the government to settle the salary arrears owed to the nurses.
Samuel Enyam commented:
“Hmm, how do they even eat or take care of themselves, while a minister is enjoying full allowances?”
Bright Aborah indicated:
“I want to ask, if some of the unpaid nurses and teachers quit the job and go into galamsey to survive, is it a crime?”
Peprah Jephta stated:
“If you don’t have any intention of traveling outside Ghana, don’t practice nursing here. How can you wait for almost five years for posting, and after that, you work without payment?”
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Source: YEN.com.gh
