The Nurse Educators Group Ghana (NEGG) has called on the government to establish a research and book allowance programme for its members.
The group said doing so would help them to publish their research findings.
NEGG National Chairman Matthew Adamu Bakinam, while speaking at the 8th biennial delegates conference, said this will also serve as an incentive for their work.
“Research work is a motivation. When you do research work, it is part of career progression. So, the more you do research, you get research grants. Our colleagues at Teacher Trainee Colleges are taking research and book allowance.
“We also attended the same universities, we have masters, we have PhDs. What is preventing us from getting that? So that is why today we have sent a message to the ministry that at least by November, something should be done about this,” he said.
Mr Bakinam also lamented the departure of their members to Europe and the Americas.
Therefore, he urged the government to introduce more motivational schemes to encourage them to stay and better the country’s health sector.
“Most of our members are leaving the country. As we speak, about 50 nurse tutors left the country from last to this year. So if we are okay, we should stay.
“And every country that loses its human resource loses a lot. And if we look at the cost, it is a financial loss to the state. So our leaders must do something,” he pleaded.
