“Our Strike Is Over Unfulfilled 2024 Agreement, Not Salary Increase” – GRNMA
GRNMA insists government must honor existing agreements amid ongoing strike.
- GRNMA strike is over unfulfilled 2024 Collective Agreement, not salary increases
- Nurses demand 20% rural incentive allowance for those working in rural areas
- Strike continues despite court injunction, as no official notice has been received
The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has explained that its ongoing strike stems from the government’s failure to implement agreed-upon conditions of service, not from demands for salary increments.
Haruna Yakubu, Ashanti Regional PRO for the GRNMA, clarified during an interview on Lawson TV/Radio’s Ghana Se Sen Show with Kwame Tanko that after the association completed negotiations on their conditions of service in May 2024, they expected the government to fulfill its commitments. “
We told the government to honor its points, but they refused, and that’s why we are here,” Yakubu said.
The strike, which began on June 4, 2025, involves not only nurses and midwives but also nursing school lecturers across the country.
Yakubu emphasized that the 20% increase being demanded is specifically a rural incentive allowance meant to support nurses working in underserved rural areas.
Yakubu also revealed that many proposals submitted to the government in May 2024 were later canceled or rejected by officials, who stated what the government could afford.
Despite these limitations, the GRNMA maintains that the government must implement the terms of their 2024 Collective Agreement, signed in May 2024 and due for full implementation by July 1, 2024.
Complicating matters, some colleagues in the health sector took the matter to court, arguing that the initial proposals were insufficient and should be expanded.
While the National Labour Commission (NLC) has declared the strike illegal and obtained an interlocutory injunction from the High Court’s Industrial and Labour Division in Accra on June 5, 2025, GRNMA says it has not yet received any official injunction notice from the court or the NLC.
“We will continue the strike until we officially receive the injunction,” Yakubu stated firmly, invoking the well-known struggle motto: “Aluta continua” — the struggle continues.
The strike has caused significant disruption in healthcare services nationwide, with unpaid allowances and delayed staff postings cited as key grievances behind the industrial action.
