The Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) has rejected government’s intent to halt yearly review of base salary to public sector workers.
According to them, the plan if finalized will be unfair to public sector workers on the Single Spine Salary Structure(SSSS).
“I cannot say that the six hundred thousand public sector workers are all working efficiently, but they also cannot stay in their offices without any proper monitoring and evaluation, nor any scientific experiment to say that people are not performing, and for that matter, you are going to halt the yearly increase in salaries when indeed we are living in a country where almost every month, there is an increase in fuel prices” President of the CCT, Ali Awudu exclaimed.
He argued that government cannot deny teachers an opportunity to have an adjustment in their salary when prices of goods and services keep increasing.
The CEO of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, Dr. Edward Kwapong had earlier said the commission will halt the yearly review of the base salary of public sector workers on the SSSS.
Dr. Edward Kwapong, also explained that a change in the yearly review of the public sector base salary will help reduce government’s rising expenditure on public sector remuneration.
But Mr. Ali Awudu told Citi Business News in an interview that government must put in place mechanisms to assess the productivity of public sector workers.
“If pay has to be discussed with productivity does it mean that the way to go is to halt the entire system? Does it mean that in the entire public sector nobody is productive? Or what is the barometer being used to measure who is productive or not?” Mr. Awudu questioned.
The Single Spine which began in 2010, saw the base pay of GH¢3.42 increase to GH¢4.10 in 2011.
The 2011 figure of GH¢4.10 increased to GH¢4.48 in 2012.
In 2013, the base pay saw a significant growth from the 2012 figure to GH¢ 5.32. 2014, 2015, 2016 all saw significant increases.
The 11 percent increase in the base pay of the 2017 figure of GH¢7.45, increased the 2018 base pay to GH¢8.27.
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By: Jessica Ayorkor Aryee/citibusinessnews.com/Ghana.