Health Trainees Cry For Allowance

The Ghana Association of Health Trainee Institutions has made a passionate appeal to the government to pay the allowances of the students of the public health training institutions which have also been in arrears for several months. Government is alleged to owe third and second-year students an unpaid allowance of nine months while

it also owes first-year students an unpaid allowance of four months a situation that has also led to a flurry of complaints from both students and then officials of the institutions. Coordinator of Programmes and Projects at the Ghana Association of Health Trainee Institutions, Mr Otchere Daniel, also lamented that the non-payment of

allowances is very disturbing, as the students depend on them to pay their fees among other expenses. Students are agitated and there have been a lot of complaints. Even when they vacate, some also have to stay back for clinicals, and it is these allowances they depend on to fend for themselves throughout the period, he stated. He also indicated that failure on the part of government to

meet the demands of students would come with consequences, as some students have threatened to boycott clinicals and lectures subsequently. Their concerns are very legitimate. Government has to respond quickly as students have warned of boycotting clinicals and lectures when school resumes. When these measures prove futile, they will be forced to speak the language the government understands, he pointed out.