Ministry of Health Financial Clearance for Nurses and Midwives. The ministry of Finance has granted financial clearance for nurses and midwives to be recruited. The financial clearance from MOF is given per the data submitted to the ministry of finance by the ministry of finance.
A clearance letter signed by the Deputy Finance Minister, Abena Osei-Asare said, “The Hon. Minister for Health is hereby granted financial clearance to enable the Ministry recruit eleven thousand, two hundred and twenty-six (11,226) Degree and Diploma Nurses who have completed their one-year mandatory rotation and are due for permanent employment.”
It further noted that the emoluments of the Degree and Diploma Nurses should be charged against the Compensation of Employees vote of the Ministry of Health in the 2021 Annual Estimates.
“The Ministry of Health is to ensure that the Degree and Diploma Nurses have the documents processed in time and placed on the Mechanized Payroll early enough to enable: Controller and Accountant-General’s Department effect payment of their salaries,” the letter said.
According to the letter, the effective date of the appointed Degree and Diploma Nurses should not be earlier than 1st December 2022.
“By a copy of this letter, the Controller and Accountant-General is requested to effect payment of their salaries and make appropriate deductions of Social Security and Income to SSNIT and the Domestic Tax Division of Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) respectively.
Please note that the financial clearance expires at the end of 31st December 2022 and cannot be used thereafter,” it indicated.