*THE FALSE PROMISE ON THE RESTORATION OF NURSES AND TEACHER TRAINEES ALLOWANCE*
*To campaigned in poetry and governed in prose shall always expose the NPP*
Fast forward to the 2016 electioneering process,the NDC led by H.E John Dramani Mahama has always maintained that,the teacher trainees and nurses are two category of professions that need a special attention.
H.E John Dramani Mahama has justified that,the Teacher Trainees allowance must be replaced with students loan just like how other students in the similar public universities are also entitled to students loan and not allowance.
He again maintained that,Nursing is also a very sensitive profession and must be given a critical attention in areas such as admissions, expansion of facilities,well stock laboratories etc.for effective and efficient delivery of training and services.
H.E John Dramani Mahama has taken a bold step to remove the allowances of these two category of professions and rather used such allowances to expand those institutions to standard that gave way for the admission of more students into Teacher Colleges and Nursing Schools respectively.
The NPP led by Nana and Bawumia have resorted to falsehood of restoring the Teacher Trainees and Nursing allowances.
Teacher Trainees and Nursing allowances became a critical issue in the run up to 2016 election.The Teacher Trainees and the Nurses saw NDC as a social Democrats but failed to address their educational needs (allowances)
The NPP managed to sweep all votes across all Colleges of Education and Nursing institutions respectively.After the election's victory,they only brought back half of what those students were paid as allowances by the NDC government before the removal in 2016.
Currently,the Teacher Trainees allowances of 200ghc is in arreas for 6 months whiles the nurses allowances are also in arrears for 8 months.
The most interesting development is that,the NPP only paid 200ghc to trainees for only 8 months out of the 12 months in a year.What it meant is that,any time trainees are on vacation,no amount is paid them till the time they returned to campus
*Could the above be described as allowance restoration????*
Moving forward,the NPP is now in the process of converting all Training Colleges into the university status of awarding degree and not Diploma so to eliminate the allowances completely.
If Colleges of Education are now to award degree to trainees,what it meant is that,we have no Colleges of Education in Ghana but rather University of Colleges of Education.
H.E. John Dramani Mahama has been vindicated because the reality has now caught up with the NPP led by Nana and Bawumia.
In Conclusion ,the NPP is continuing to fail Ghanaians with what they promised them.
The NPP has nothing better to offer Ghanaians.
The falsehood of restoring Teacher Trainees and Nursing allowances are clear indication of how they were desperate for power in 2016 electioneering process.
The End
*Issued*
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*Diplomatic Mobarak*
*Former SRC President*
*St.Francis College*
*0248690371*