Unemployed Veterinary Technicians and Nurses to picket at seat of gov't

Some Veterinary Technicians and nurses who have constituted themselves into a pressure group called the Coalition of Unemployed Technicians and Nurses in Ghana have threatened to march to the seat of government in the coming days, if the Agric and the Health Ministry fails to give them clearance to be posted to work.

The Veterinary Technicians and Nurses, numbering about 500 in Ghana, at a press conference in Sunyani said, they have not received postings after completing their national service since 2011.

Explaining their concerns to Oman News Mr Daniel Amoako said the leadership of the group had met officials of the food and Agric Ministry of many times but nothing fruitful had come out of the deliberations.

He said they were promised that their concerns would be addressed but the situation remained the for some years now despite several attempts.

“As Veterinary Technicians and nurses professionals, we cannot work with out salaries after our service. But here is the case those concerned are refusing to post us to the appropriate facilities to render our services to the nation,” he said.

Meanwhile, an executive member of the group Mr. Guak Richmond disclosed that they asked to tender voluntary services at the abattoir, slaughter houses and border towns pending their posting.

He said for more than six years now they have not been posted and are not receiving any salaries.

He added that until the authorities fulfilled their grievance, they will hear from them very soon, this press conference will be the last one the government will hear from them, they should expecting them at the flagstaff house and the health and the agric ministries.

Mr Guak added that information available to them indicates that the ministry is about to employ only 100 of them when their total number is 579 across the country.

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