The Economic Fighters League has expressed an unwavering support for thousands of trained nurses and teachers in Ghana who continue to be denied the opportunity to serve their nation.
According to EFL, at a time when healthcare facilities are understaffed and classrooms are overcrowded, the League condemns the government’s failure to deploy qualified professionals, leaving them idle at home.
In their statement issued on Thursday, December 11, the Fighters asserted that this is not a mere oversight but the result of a political class that has abandoned the nation’s youth.
They accused the government of reducing national planning to propaganda while treating the country’s human potential as disposable.
‘This is not an accident, it is the result of a political class that has abandoned the youth, reduced national planning to propaganda, and treats human potential as disposable,” the statement read.
The statement further highlights the systemic neglect of qualified professionals, emphasising that this failure to post nurses and teachers is an affront to the country’s development.
It stresses that these professionals, who have invested years of study, sacrifice, and service, are merely asserting their rights, not begging for favours.
The League also voiced strong condemnation of the actions taken by the Ghana Police Service earlier this week, when they unlawfully cancelled the scheduled demonstration of the Unemployed Graduate Nurses and Midwives.
The protest, which was intended to highlight their plight, was cancelled not through lawful engagement, but by a simple text message.
Similarly, the Coalition of Unemployed Trained Teachers has also reported that their notice to hold a demonstration has been ignored by the police, with officials claiming they had “not even read” the submission.
In response, the Economic Fighters League decried what they described as a “deliberate obstruction of constitutional rights” by the Ghana Police. The League insists that such actions undermine the principles of democracy and human rights.
In their statement, the Fighters made it clear that Ghana cannot claim to value education while its teachers remain unemployed, nor can the country claim to value healthcare while nurses are left to struggle.
The League warned that Ghana cannot claim to be a true democracy if the voices of its young, trained professionals are suppressed.
To those still waiting for their rightful postings, the Economic Fighters League declared, “You are not alone. Your fight is just.”
They promised to continue standing firmly beside the nurses and teachers until their postings are finalised and their dignity restored.
“To our comrades in this struggle, you are not alone. Your fight is just. Fighters stands firmly beside you until the posting is done and dignity restored,” it concluded.
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