An attempt to rationalize a hugely unpopular decision to bloat the size of government has set the Information Minister on a collision course with the Civil and Local Government Workers Association.
Mustapha Hamid in justifying why president Nana Akufo Addo appointed 110 ministers and deputies said the large size of government is to make up for a docile, largely ineffective Civil Service.
"The Civil Service has failed us," he said with passion, explaining further that civil servants are not under any pressure to perform.
He told Joy News Wednesday, shortly after a list of 50 deputy ministers and four ministers of state was made public, that whether or not a civil servant performs, he or she gets paid at the end of the month and will not be sacked in the event he or she does not meet the performance target.
The case however is different for the politician, he cited.
According to him, a political appointee has a mandate to deliver or may be sacked by the appointing officer which is the president if he fails to perform. He reckoned that the large sized NPP government appointees are determined to work with passion to deliver on the promise of the Akufo-Addo government.
His comments about the performance of the Civil Servants have not gone down well with members of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association. The Deputy General Secretary of CLOGSAG, Benjamin Nyagri told Joy News the comments by the Information Minister have no basis.
He said, perhaps this country would have fared better if the Civil Servants were playing a more prominent role than the politicians.
He cited cases in the military regime where the civil servants run the affairs of the country.
"In the UK the most active of the public sector is the civil service and they are highly paid. In our parts of the world they are not paid well," he lamented.
"When people talk this way they should be fair," he added, pointing out that the suggestion of Civil Service incompetence by the Information Minister was unfortunate.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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Hamid how many northerners did the government appoint? Curious. Next 4 years they will go up there again & will have to beg for votes. They never learn.
they hate the truth which is right
Ah Mustapha, well done. What u said is perfect,in the heart of the heard of the civil service he knows you are perfectly right!Pls, I beg don't apologise. You're right This couldn't have been said better. lazy incompetent civil servants who have no aim, lack focus, and have been extremely visionless, only stealing our money
the fact that u are not paid well does not justify underperformance. if u u think u are not paid well and nothing can be done about it according to you just leave the job peacefully .there are millions of graduates seeking to occupy your position for even less your salary. civil service no be by force, its by choice.
In the eyes and minds of the NPP and it's surrogates, every body in Ghana is incompetent but for themselves. They have already failed before starting and looking for those to blame for their imminent failure. #GodhavemercyonGHana
A public sector worker will show up to work as late as 11:Am Whiles a Private Sector worker, I report to work at 7:30Am. The Minister is right on that.
I have work at the ministry and I am in full support of what the Minister said about them . If a corrupt politician will steaaal from the state coffers he or she does it will the help of a Civil Servent . check the Customs, Tema port, Airport, Ministries etc.
Mustapha is the weakest link in Nana's government.
Ah Mustapha, well done. This couldn't have been said better. lazy incompetent civil servants who have no aim, lack focus, and have been extremely visionless.
Civil servants should prove all of us wrong. We all know their bad attitude towards work is partly the reason why after 60 years Ghana is still underdeveloped. They should up their game and help the government and Ghana to succeed. Mr. Nyagri, please tell yourself and your people to change their ways and they will surely enjoy from their hard work. So you expect high salaries when you don't work hard enough? where do you think the government will get the money from to pay you the high salaries? Please note, gradually our attention will be on civil servants and we will deal with you accordingly as we also deal with Nana Addo and his team.