Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Vice Presidential Candidate, has said that if Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is elected president in 2025, nurses in Ghana will be able to import vehicles with engine capacities of less than 1.8 litres duty-free.
On Wednesday, October 23, Dr. Prempeh, also known as Napo, spoke to students at the Korle Bu Nursing and Midwifery Training Institute in Accra. She shared the vow, which excited the nursing trainees in attendance.
“Dr. Bawumia, the incoming president of Ghana, will provide free duty on vehicles with engine capacities less than 1.8 capacity for nurses”, NAPO said.
Napo also underlined the NPP’s recognition of the critical role nurses play in providing healthcare throughout the nation. He promised that plans to raise nurses’ standard of living will be implemented by an NPP government led by Bawumia.
“The NPP recognizes and appreciates the key roles that our nurses play in the provision of healthcare to the people, so we shall also make sure that your lives will be better.
“As I said already, there will be free importation of vehicles with engines less than 1.8 capacity for our dear nurses among other important interventions to make you (nurses) live better and comfortably”, he stated.
Furthermore, Napo confirmed that the Bawumia administration will maintain the nursing trainee allowance scheme that was first implemented by the NPP.
He warned that if former President John Mahama and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) took back power, this provision would be eliminated.
“Former President John Mahama and the NDC do not believe in the nursing trainee allowance. If they win, they will cancel it, making life harder for you. So reject the NDC,” he urged.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
