Ghana, Saint Kitts and Nevis sign labour deal to strengthen protections for Ghanaian nurses

Ghana and Saint Kitts and Nevis have signed an additional bilateral labour agreement to provide enhanced employment conditions for Ghanaian nurses recruited to work in the Caribbean country.

The agreement also guarantees end-of-service benefits and other labour rights for the Ghanaian professionals who will be deployed to Saint Kitts and Nevis.

The agreement was signed in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly by Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, and Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Dr Geoffrey Hanley.