GBC staff to strike in one week if allowances are not restored

The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) is facing a potential indefinite strike as staff members have threatened to lay down their tools if their allowances are not restored within the next week.

The withdrawal of allowances by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) has caused dissatisfaction among employees who believe their hard work is not being adequately recognized and rewarded.

Employees are questioning whether the removal of allowances is a result of IMF conditions to reduce the wage bill.

The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission has initiated a Nationwide Payroll Monitoring Exercise with the Internal Audit Agency in accordance with the FWSC Act, 2007.

But the fair wages commission has justified its decision to block the payment of allowances to some staff of GBC.

The Commission insisted that the over GH¢2 million paid as allowances to the staff of the state broadcaster must be refunded.

The CEO of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, Benjamin Arthur in an earlier interview said the Commission will do what is right after the Commission had earlier written to officials of GBC notifying them of the current decision.