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Gov’t laments over 60% base pay demand by Organised Labour

Gov’t laments over 60% base pay demand by Organised Labour

The Government has lamented the demand by organized labour for a 60 percent increase in the base rate of salaries of public sector workers.

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Debating the 2023 Budget on the Floor of Parliament, the Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour Relations who doubles as the Member of Parliament for Heman Lower Denkyira, Bright Wireko-Brobby said the strain put on the country’s wage bill by civil and public servants makes it difficult for the government to continue recruiting come January 2023 and beyond.

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The government as part of its expenditure rationalization measures in the 2023 budget announced a freeze on civil and public sector hirings from January 2023.

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And the wage bill for the 700,000 in the 2023 budget will be hitting GH¢44.9 billion

The total tax revenue will also be around GH¢112 billion and out of this, GH¢44.9 billion is going to be used to pay public sector workers.

700,000 workers demanding 60 percent becomes very difficult for the government to continue to hire.”

He further lamented that the New Patriotic Party government came in at a time when there was a freeze and a backlog of graduate teachers and nurses that it recruited, putting additional pressure on the wage bill.

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