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A team of economists is being assembled to assess the public sector workers' contribution to the economy. This is to ensure that productivity is linked to pay. Speaking on GBC's Current Affairs Program, "Talking Point" on GTV and Radio Ghana, on the aftermath of May Day, the Chief Executive of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, George Smith Graham said low productivity in the public sector is a major issue which must be dealt with. Mr Graham said all workers have been migrated onto the Single Spine Salary Structure. He supported suggestions for a moratorium to be placed on salary increases. The Secretary General of the General Agriculture Workers Union, Edward Kareweh, explained that workers should not be blamed for the low productivity in the public sector. According to him, workers can work better when the necessary tools are provided. He said those who supervise workers should rather be blamed for the low productivity. The CEO of HR Solutions and Labour Consultant, Austin Gamey, charged the government to take steps to ensure that those who draw salaries from the state work harder. The Secretary General of the Ghana Federation of Labour, Abraham Koomson, supported calls for the loop holes in the public sector wage bill to be plugged.