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The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has affirmed its readiness to engage in dialogue with the Ministry of Health but insists it will not revisit any issues that have already been agreed upon in the 2024 Collective Agreement.
This statement comes in the wake of a nationwide strike launched on June 4, 2025, by nurses and midwives protesting the government’s failure to implement key provisions of the agreement. The agreement covers allowances, incentives, and better working conditions, which the union says remain unfulfilled.
Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, in response to the strike, has called for calm and emphasized the importance of continued dialogue to resolve the impasse.
However, speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Monday, June 9, the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of GRNMA, Jefferson Asare, made it clear that the association is not interested in rehashing matters already settled.
“We are open to meeting anytime. If we get an invitation now, we’re ready to go wherever they want us to. But if it’s about renegotiating what has already been agreed, we are not interested,” Asare stated.
He highlighted the fact that, although several groups within the health sector face challenges regarding their conditions of service, nurses and midwives are the only ones whose agreed benefits have yet to be implemented.
“In the entire health sector, we all have concerns. But it is only the nurses and midwives whose negotiated conditions of service have not been carried out,” he said.
The ongoing strike has disrupted healthcare delivery nationwide, drawing concern from the public and prompting urgent calls for resolution. Despite these disruptions, the GRNMA maintains that the government must fulfill its end of the agreement rather than seeking to reopen concluded negotiations.
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