By Moses M. Tokpah
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Liberia-Smartly being Workers in Liberia possess threatened to lock-down the nation’s properly being blueprint if the Liberian Authorities fails to implement the salary reclassification policy for health workers by 2025.
Some officials of the Liberia National Physician Assistants Association, the Liberia Nurses Association and the Midwife Association among others, on a Radio Veil (The Truth Breakfast Veil) on Thursday, mentioned there’s a necessity for the Boakai administration to spy reason to implement the policy.
“We’re going to resist to the last letter, that means, we will lock-down the entire health system if at all 2025 that policy is not implemented; if at all salary is not increased for our colleagues,” the groups vowed.
In accordance to them, it modified into the expectation of health workers in Liberia for the implementation of the policy to possess kicked-off in January of this One year, nonetheless up to present they haven’t gotten any solutions astronomical sufficient from the government to persuade their membership that the government is serious in that route.
They asserted that a income of US$5 million that must possess began the policy modified into taken a long way from the funds by the present govt after it modified into being recalled leaving them (health workers) hopeless, and leaving the policy in doom.
The health workers persisted that it is disheartening and as well they mediate that the government during the Ministry of Smartly being is dragging its toes in the implementation of the policy thereby warning that they don’t desire it to escalate to one thing else.
Giving a background of the policy, the health workers mentioned that at some deadline in the previous regime, one cartridge of the health workers’ salary exponentially increased and for that reason they engaged the then govt that hired a consultant firm so that they craft a salary policy including that it all began in 2023 no longer in isolation, nonetheless with toughen from the Ministry of Smartly being.
The health workers’ executives mentioned the policy modified into one thing that modified into so abnormal and it modified into a 39-page doc that did comparative prognosis, and it took into consideration Uganda, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
The leaderships intoned that the policy did no longer correct soar to hundred p.c, nonetheless it with out a doubt modified into crafted with 70 p.c of the stipulated salary which should always possess began in January of this One year.
They mentioned after six month (around June) they wrote the Minister of Smartly being asking regarding the policy, absolute best for her to teach that she has by no manner seen the instrument as well to the CSA Boss, nonetheless grateful for them the president for the doctor assistant presented a duplicate of the doc to the Minister after which a committee modified into being setup to craft the roadmap.
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The leaderships properly-known that in halfway to the roadmap they realized that folks began to renege and as well they saw that the likelihood of imposing the policy in 2025 turning into very slim.
They clarified that they are no longer requesting salary increment on grounds that if that is carried out the disparity will discontinuance exist, on memoir of in accordance to them some nurses are incomes a hundred United States bucks with three thousand Liberian bucks whereas others are incomes two hundred United States bucks alongside with 5-six thousand Liberian bucks.
As well to that, the health workers mentioned just a few of their colleagues are making two hundred and fifty United States bucks alongside with nine thousand Liberian bucks, and assumingly if hundred United States bucks is added across the board, it manner justice is perchance no longer done to the actual person incomes mentioned amount.
They known as on the Minister of Smartly being to make certain that the policy is in fats swim by the One year 2025.
They known as on the historical leaders and non secular leaders to intervene so that they’ll no longer talk over with them (health workers) as being disrespectful when they shall possess embarked on the ‘lockdown.’
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