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The 2008 budget to accommodate salary
adjustments
WA, July 22, Ghanadot/GNA- Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom, out-going
Minister of Public Sector Reforms, on Friday announced that
the Government would include salary adjustment in the 2008
budget.
He said this would become possible if the National Job
Analysis and Evaluation, gathering information from more
than 1,500 jobs with about 8,000 employers in the public
sector in the country, completes it work by the end of
August this year.
Dr. Nduom disclosed these at a forum on Public Sector
Reforms with emphasis on pay reforms on Friday at Wa,
capital of the Upper West Region.
Workers from security agencies, ministries, departments and
other public service institutions from the Region attended
the event.
Dr. Nduom said after the end of the exercise, workers
earning more than the expected salary would remain where
they were until their colleagues caught up with them while
those who earned less than what they were entitled would
have their salaries adjusted upwards.
He also said all jobs would be re-graded based on
comparability and government's ability to pay adding that
the salary of all workers would continue to be improved
until an appreciable salary level was attained.
Dr. Nduom noted that the Ghana Universal Salary Structure
was good but did not work because its implementation was not
in conformity with what was in the document.
The out-going minister, a CPP Member of Parliament for
Komenda, Edina, Ebirem Aguafo, who recently resigned from
the Government, expressed his appreciation to President John
Agyekum Kufuor for giving him the opportunity to serve in
his administration.
He pledged to assist his successor, especially in the area
of pay reforms and urged public sector workers to support
the Ministry in improving working conditions and salaries.
Mr. Christian Sottie, the Controller and Accountant-General,
said according to projections in this year's budget,
salaries and other salary-related expenses covered 73 per
cent of total government expenditure leaving 27 per cent for
services, investments and other expenditure.
He therefore, cautioned workers against unrealistic salary
and wage demands that could affect the economy.
Mr. Sottie said "missing names" from the pay vouchers of the
Controller and Accountant-General was due to incorrect
personal data supplied by employers.
He explained that delays in the payment of salaries were
usually due to technical hitches experienced in the
computerization process.
The jobs were selected from more than 100 ministries,
departments and agencies and public sector institutions that
received funds from the Consolidated Fund.
GNA
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