Deputy Employment and Labour Relations Minister, Baba Jamal, says the outgoing government led by President John Dramani Mahama will not be distracted by the outcome of the December 7 general elections to stop all negotiations they started some months ago with various public institutions and groups as being pursued by the in-coming government.
To Jamal, once the laws of the land permits the out-going government to continue with its responsibilities until the midnight of January 6, 2016, any contract or negotiations before the table of the government shall be signed or closed before they leave power.
“We shall close all contracts and or negotiations we started five or four months ago”, he noted.
Jamal made this observation in interaction with Accra-based Okay FM, Wednesday, December 21, 2016.
His comment was in response to claims by the in-coming government that President Mahama-led out-going government is signing numerous contracts and increasing salaries of some government workers just two weeks before leaving office, a move many see will overburden the incoming administration.
Government has increased allowance for National Service personnel from GHC 355.00 to a little over GHC500.00 as well as salary adjustment of salaries for some public sector institutions.
There are also claims of the signing of some dubious contracts, one of which is between the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation with SCL, a waste management company with millions of dollars.
But Jamal reacting to those claims said there is nothing wrong going ahead to conclude all those deals since negotiations started some months ago.
To him the previous NPP administration led by John Agyekum Kufour signed the Single Spine Salary Structure on the eve of the inauguration of then President-elect John Evans Attta Mills. Nobody, he said, questioned the move and therefore wondered why people are raising issues with deals the outgoing government is closing.
Source: kasapafmonline
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For these evil motives and agendas u guy have to do what u are doing, may u guys forever be banished into Opposition till thy kingdom come. Mo b3ba na aky3 paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Nyame betuiya mo ka papa!!! Never mind, we will collect all the moneys U guys have stolen and pay all the debts you've willingly left behind and afterwards, u will be put behind bars for your misappropriation and misapplications.
Mahama ne ne nkrofuo, mo y3 aboroooooo.... but u know what, what u meant for evil will turn for good. As it did for Joseph in the bible when his brothers sold him off, so shall it be for Nana. Award contracts all u want, increase workers pay and benefits all u want, appoint all the pple u want; But at the end of the day, the battle is still the Lord's. Ghana shall work again!!! Mambo fuo. S3 mose koro no mbo aa, moso mo tim bi... mambofuo
Jamal another NDC m0ron... This guy is a t.h.i.ef. Since he left Legon he has never work anywhere apart from being an NDC MP/minister. He should show us where he got all that money from. NDC t.h.1eves...
Funny! I will advise the in-coming administration to review the ex-gratia and the mouth watering 'benefits' due the out-going President and his Vice, downwards. This should inform the out-going administration to be patriotic enough.
NDC and John Mahama are behaving like a the sore loser who is now throwing tantrums . Well the new gov't will also suspend and cancelled all the last show contracts this ***barred word*** gov't have signed finish.
remember that the four fingers are pointing at you.
...And these people were in positions of authority?