Ghanaian teachers and nurses to be deployed to work in Jamaica

A new agreement between Ghana and Jamaica will see Ghanaian-trained nurses and teachers deployed to the Caribbean island for employment, Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, announced over the weekend.

The bilateral arrangement, first disclosed after a meeting with Jamaican Foreign Minister Kamina Johnson Smith at the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) Summit in Brussels, is expected to provide new job opportunities for Ghanaian professionals who have been unemployed since completing national service. The partnership will also address shortages in Jamaica’s healthcare and education sectors.

“Jamaica is ready to receive nurses and teachers from Ghana under a special bilateral partnership,” Ablakwa said.

The minister emphasized that the move would not only ease unemployment in Ghana but also expose the professionals to better working conditions abroad. He noted that the cooperation stems from the long-standing historical ties between the two countries, and that both governments have agreed to expand collaboration in several other areas.