President of the National Association of Registered Midwives (NARM) Ghana, Leticia Asaba Atiah has said the Association believes the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) is abusing its powers as the mother union of nurses and registered midwives in Ghana.
NARM- Ghana has disassociated itself from the ongoing strike action by the GRNMA to demand better conditions of service.
According to Leticia Atiah, due process was not followed by the GRNMA in declaring the strike action as no other union agreed to the strike except GRNMA.
Speaking on TV3’s Hot Issues, Sunday, June 8, 2025, she recalled that GRNMA demanded to hold a meeting alone with the Health Minister, requesting that all other four unions should not be included.
This was after the Minister, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh requested to meet with the GRNMA, National Association of Registered Midwives (NARM) Ghana, Professional Nurses Association, Psychiatric Nurses Association and Ghana Registered Midwives Association on May 30, 2025 after the strike action was declared.
Leticia Asaba Atiah asserted that the bargaining power granted to the GRNMA by law gives the Association the power to take actions on behalf of NARM Ghana even when they disagree.
She explained that the Association is left handicapped without any bargaining certificate.
When asked by the Host of Hot Issues, Keminni Amanor if NARM Ghana feels bullied by the GRNMA, Leticia Atiah nodded in affirmation and replied “yes.”
“They are the largest group and the law mandates that the largest group holds the bargaining certificate…they are taking the decision now,” she added.
Leticia Atiah called on all midwives to come together and demand its own bargaining certificate, disassociating its bargaining power from that of the GRNMA.
“I don’t think we need to wait for nurses to bargain for midwives. It is something that midwives generally think that it is not fair… It’s a whole lot and union politics but we will still fight,” she noted.
