The Vice Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has announced that nurses in Ghana will be able to import vehicles with engine capacities of less than 1.8 litres duty-free if Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia becomes president in 2025.
Addressing students at the Korle Bu Nursing and Midwifery Training Institute in Accra on Wednesday, October 23, Dr. Prempeh, popularly known as Napo, shared the pledge, sparking excitement among the nursing trainees present.
“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 further emphasized the NPP’s appreciation for the vital role nurses play in healthcare delivery across the country. He assured that a Bawumia-led NPP government would introduce policies aimed at improving the livelihoods of nurses.
“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.
In addition, Napo affirmed that the nursing trainee allowance policy, introduced by the NPP, will continue under the Bawumia government.
He cautioned that this allowance would be scrapped if the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and former President John Mahama returned to power.
“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.
Dr. Prempeh also highlighted the NPP government’s ongoing efforts to complete the Agenda 111 hospital projects, which he said would boost healthcare infrastructure and create employment opportunities for nurses and other healthcare workers.
He called on nurses and nursing trainees to support Dr Bawumia and vote for all 275 NPP parliamentary candidates, adding, “The NPP cares for our nurses.”
