We also wish to express our reservations about comments made by the Honourable Deputy Minister of Health which seeks to suggest that the strike action embarked upon by the junior nurses is of no consequential value to the healthcare delivery system of the country. It would be recalled that he made similar insulting statements in 2010 when junior nurses at the Komfo Anokye and Korle Bu Teaching Hospitals embarked on a similar strike to request for payment of outstanding salaries; describing them in very unprintable words. Even though, the Diploma programme for nursing has being in existence for the past 13 years, certificate issued at the end of the training does not reflect this and has made academic progression difficult. Again, the GH¢ 47 students allowance given to health trainees is woefully inadequate considering the fact that expensive medical books and other learning aids are to be procured by the trainees. Aside that, the trainees have to take care of their feeding and other expenditure when they are on clinical attachment. Based on the above, we wish to make the following recommendations; 1. That all arrears owed the nurses from 2008 till date is paid. 2. That officials of the Ministry refrain from the use of abusive and inflammatory language in the Media against citizens (nurses) who are genuinely protesting against the unfair treatment being meted out to them in their own country. 3. That the Nurses and Midwives Council (NMC) takes the necessary steps to ensure that the certificates it awards at the end of training to nurses really reflect the Diploma status of the programme. 4. That the students’ allowance for all health trainees be reviewed upward to reflect the current cost of living. In conclusion, we wish to state that, it is not by coincidence that Ghana’s health sector has being recently ranked the most corrupt in Africa by the World Bank, second only to Chad. If a worker works in an atmosphere that makes them feel less important and cheated, it breeds and becomes a recipe for corruption. If as a country we are serious about achieving the Millennium Development Goals 4, 5 and 6 and also entrench a corruption – free democracy that creates wealth through health, then the above concerns should be looked at with all the alacrity and precision it deserves. LONG LIVE NAHSAG! LONG LIVE GHS!! LONG LIVE GHANA!!! Thank you. sign Ebenezer Adade (President) 0249740596