By Ruth Serwaa Asare
The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has announced that Cabinet has approved the payment of salaries for 6,500 nurses and midwives who have not yet been placed on the government payroll.
Speaking at a press briefing in Accra on Monday, October 13, 2025, the Minister disclosed that the Ministry of Finance has been directed to commence payment effective November 2025.
“The Cabinet has approved that with immediate effect, I mean, starting from November, the Minister for Finance must pay them. And I have in my hand the letter to that effect,” he said.
Akandoh explained that the decision follows months of collaboration between the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Finance to resolve outstanding salary and clearance issues affecting several categories of health professionals across the country.
He emphasized that the latest approval will add to the over 17,000 health professionals who are already being paid, bringing the total number of nurses and midwives who will now receive salaries to about 13,500. “Ladies and gentlemen, as I speak to you now, that above 6,500 will add up to the 17,000 already being paid, making 13,500. That’s a lot,” he stated.
The Minister acknowledged the challenges health workers had faced over the years due to financial clearance delays, expressing empathy for those who endured months without pay. “I empathise with anybody who had to go through this painful situation. But it is important for Ghanaians to be taken along,” he noted.
Akandoh further highlighted that similar interventions had been made for junior doctors, pharmacists, and other health professionals, some of whom had completed their housemanship or rotation without clearance or salary. “We collaborated with the Ministry of Finance, and as I speak to you now, we have succeeded in getting them clearance, and they are being migrated onto the payroll,” he added.
He reaffirmed government’s commitment to improving the welfare and working conditions of healthcare professionals, especially those in rural and underserved communities. “It was not only the issue of the 13,500 nurses and midwives. There were pharmacists who had completed their housemanship as far back from 2023 to 2024 who had not been paid. We inherited that, and those people have been paid,” he said.
Akandoh assured that the Ministry will continue to work closely with the Ministry of Finance to clear all remaining arrears and ensure timely payments going forward.
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Does parliament needs approval before salaries MP’s are paid? What kind of nonsense and wickedness is this, nurses cannot be paid this is very serious.