The running to Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has disclosed that the next NPP government will offer nurses a duty-free import of vehicles with engine capacities below 1.8 litres.
Highlighting on the role of nurses in the healthcare delivery system, Dr. Opoku Prempeh, also known as NAPO, reemphasised the need for government to introduce policies that would make life comfortable for the nurses.
Addressing students at the Korle Bu Nursing and Midwifery Training Institute in Accra Wednesday, October 23, 2024, he said one of such policies to better the lives of the nurses is the avenue for them to import such vehicles to the country without paying duty for them.
“Dr. Bawumia, the incoming president of Ghana, will provide free duty on vehicles with engine capacities less than 1.8 capacity for nurses”, NAPO said.
“The NPP recognizes and appreciates the key roles that our nurses play in the provision of healthcare to the people, so we shall also make sure that your lives will be better.
“As I said already, there will be free importation of vehicles with engines less than 1.8 capacity for our dear nurses among other important interventions to make you (nurses) live better and comfortably”, he stated.
He added that the nursing trainee allowance which the NPP government introduced will be sustained if Dr. Bawumia is elected President.
NAPO told the nurses not to vote for the NDC because their allowance will be scrapped if Mahama becomes President.
“Former President John Mahama and the NDC do not believe in the nursing trainee allowance. If they win, they will cancel it, making life harder for you. So reject the NDC,” he urged.
Dr. Prempeh also highlighted the NPP government’s ongoing efforts to complete the Agenda 111 hospital projects, which he said would boost healthcare infrastructure and create employment opportunities for nurses and other healthcare workers.
He called on nurses and nursing trainees to support Dr Bawumia and vote for all 275 NPP parliamentary candidates, adding, “The NPP cares for our nurses.”
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