The New Patriotic Party (NPP) vice presidential candidate, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has declared that if Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is elected president in 2025, nurses in Ghana will be permitted to import cars with engines smaller than 1.8 liters duty-free.
Dr. Prempeh, also known as Napo, shared the pledge with students at the Korle Bu Nursing and Midwifery Training Institute in Accra on Wednesday, October 23. The nursing trainees in attendance were excited.
“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 policies to raise nurses’ standard of living would 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 policy that was first implemented by the NPP.
“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.
