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Civil servants unhappy about arrears payment stall
Fomena (Ash), April 5, Ghanadot/GNA –
Civil servants in the Adansi North District are unhappy
about non-payment of their final instalment of salary
arrears which were due end of March, 2008, their chairman
has said.
Mr John Baidoo, local chairman of Civil Servants
Association, told newsmen at Fomena at the weekend that the
situation was irritating the workers, causing them to harass
the executives with questions as to why the arrears were not
paid.
He said no explanation either from the government or the
Controller and Accountant General’s Department had been
offered for the anomaly.
Mr Baidoo said the government had been paying arrears to
civil servants in monthly instalments and that workers were
expecting the last payment in March but unfortunately,
salaries were paid without the arrears.
“As the situation is, we do not know as to whether the
government has stopped the payment or not,” Mr Baidoo said.
Mr Baidoo, who commended the government for paying the
arrears so far, appealed to the authorities to see to it
that the outstanding payment was made to motivate them to
work harder.
He urged civil servants to remain neutral in party politics.
“We are the engine that makes government machinery work and
so we should keep to that culture.”
He advised his colleagues to embrace opportunities that
would help them to upgrade themselves academically and
professionally.
Mr Baidoo appealed to workers to avoid lateness, laziness,
malingering and other negative attitudes that run against
work ethics of the Civil Service.
GNA
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