Three hundred and seventy five Ghanaian nurses qualified to work in Barbados

General News of Sunday, June 16, 2019

Source: ghananewsagency.org

2019-06-16

Ghana will send 375 qualified nurses to Barbados, a Caribbean country, to work in several medical institutions in her country to address the acute shortage of skilled caregivers.

The agreement was reached following a request addressed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo by Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Amor Motley, during bilateral talks between the two men Friday in Bridgetown, capital of the Barnadian.

President Akufo-Addo was in this country during a one-day working visit as part of a five-country Caribbean tour to promote "the year of return" 2019, a major event to serve as a bridge to strengthen ties between Ghana on the continent and the African diaspora.

Working visits from the five Caribbean countries have already brought the President to Guyana, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago. He will also visit Jamaica.

Addressing a joint press conference after bilateral talks, the Barbadian prime minister said his country was only looking for 400 nurses. "This is not a small number, and we are convinced that it is a great opportunity for cooperation between our two countries."

In addition, she noted that the initial promise to secure nurses and set up joint training programs in the future was also being considered, all with the goal of securing the health sector in Barbados.

For his part, President Akufo-Addo said: "We have a surplus of nurses in Ghana and putting them all in our public health system is one of my headaches. There have been many (nurses) produced, with which, for several years, we have not been able to do anything.

"Then I go back there. I will be back in Accra on Monday, and the next week the Prime Minister will hear about me about the nurses. "

President Akufo-Addo is the first Ghanaian leader to visit Barbados, the two leaders agreed to reactivate a cultural, technical and scientific agreement signed in 2005 between the two countries, an agreement in abeyance since 14 years.

Discussions also focused on tourism and transport, with Ghana and Barbados agreeing to work on an air services agreement, which will establish direct air links between the two countries, to stimulate trade and contacts between the two countries. peoples.

On renewable energies, President Akufo-Addo expressed the wish of Ghana to work with Barbados, a giant country in this field, and reiterated Ghana's commitment to increase the renewable energy component of its biodiversity package. energy production.

As evidence of the close ties between Ghana and Barbados, the President expressed his commitment to the establishment of an Honorary Consulate in Barbados, Barbados having to establish a High Commission in Accra from here to the end. of 2019.