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Civil Service establishes Public
Sector Pay and Pension Reform
Kumasi, July 6, GNA - Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom, Minister of Public
Sector Reform has said that the Civil Service has
established a Public Sector Pay and Pension Reform as its
priority to enhance the performance of Civil Servants.
He said the new comprehensive salary structure included the
progressive monetisation of non-cash benefits across board
for public services supported by appropriate housing and
long-term saving schemes, improved pensions and processing
of pensions.
Dr Nduom was addressing members of the Ashanti regional
branch of the Civil Servants Association at a durbar on
public sector reform organized by the Ashanti Regional
Coordinating Council (RCC) in Kumasi on Friday.
He said, since last year, the civil service has been able to
remove pay distortions and corrected wrongful placements
within the service and that has increased the levels of pay
across board for workers.
Dr Ndoum announced that plans were far advanced with the
service to implement a single salary structure by the end of
August which would be reflected in the 2008 budget to help
bridge the gap between the higher and lower income workers
within the service.
He said the service has been tasked to implement sustained
reforms by refocusing the mandate and the structure of the
service to help build the capacity and provide timely and
productive service to the executive branch of the government
particularly, the advisory support to ministers of state and
the presidency.
Dr Nduom explained that one of the objectives of the service
was to achieve a well-compensated, efficient and effective
performing civil service to attract, retain and develop
employees in the service through training, career and
performance management and succession planning.
He stated that, to improve the leadership skills of the
civil service, a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed
with the office of the Civil Service to provide funding and
other support for its reforms.
The Minister announced that as from next year, the service
would recruit people into the service through competitive
examinations and send them straight to the Ghana Institute
of Management and Productivity and Administration (GIMPA)
for training before assigned to work in the Ministries and
Agencies.
Dr Nduom stressed the need for workers to vigorously support
the entire public sector programme to strengthen the ability
to meet the national goal of becoming a middle-income
country with per capital income of at least 1,000 dollar in
the next few years.
Mr Kofi Agama, a representative of the Local Government
Service said the service has established a number of
protocols including medium term strategic plan and
conditions of service, communication strategy for workers.
During an open forum, the workers appealed to the civil
service to provide accommodation for workers, provide them
with the necessary equipment to enhance their performance
and also weed out workers who do not have the prescribed
work to perform but continue to receive salaries.
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