The General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Thomas Musah Tanko, is calling for more engagements on the directive that seeks to stop contract extensions for retirees.
He argued that retirees whose services are still needed should either be given 2-year extensions or be engaged as consultants.
In his estimation, retention would ensure that organisational memories are transferred seamlessly as there is no proper succession plan in the civil service. "There should be a succession plan and continuity in civil service," he said on the TV3's Key Points on Saturday, April 12, 2025.
He strongly advocated for the engagement of retirees as consultants. "We engage the persons as consultants, so we need to choose either you give the person 2 years to continue to engage the person as a consultant.
