Deputy Health Alexander Akwasi Acquah Minister Suggests Training and Exporting Unemployed Nurses for Revenue Generation

Alexander Akwasi Acquah, the Deputy Health Minister-designate and Member of Parliament for Akim Oda in the Eastern Region, has proposed a strategy to address the issue of unemployed nurses in Ghana. He suggested training and exporting them to generate funds for the country.

In a recent interview on Eyewitness News on Citi FM, Mr. Acquah highlighted Ghana’s surplus of nursing training institutions capable of training more health professionals. He emphasized that exporting trained nurses could not only reduce unemployment but also contribute to national development.

Mr. Acquah acknowledged the demand for nurses and the existing training institutions but pointed out that the quota system limits the number of students who can be trained. He urged the removal of this system to allow for the training and exportation of more nurses.

Despite the government’s efforts in employing many nurses, there are still unemployed individuals in the nursing field. Mr. Acquah believes that exporting trained nurses could provide them with job opportunities and generate revenue for the country.

He stated, “We have Nurses today in Ghana who want employment… So if these have been trained and packaged well, and they are taken out, we have a lot of people, because we have a lot of training schools now and we have a lot of people who want to enter into the Nursing profession.”