Finance Minister Seth Tekper has hinted government will lift the ban on the recruitment of employees in the public sector if the fortune of the country improves.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”sfPoM7d3PKrgXqopSa66I1uZpQOLUK6p”]Government in 2010, placed a ban on the recruitment of employees in the public sector as part of measures to stabilize the economy and effectively manage the public wage bill.<\/p>\n
The embargo has over the years increased the rate of unemployment in the country.<\/p>\n
The sectors which have largely been affected by the embargo are health and education.<\/p>\n
However last year the Minister of Health, Dr. Kwaku Agyemang- Mensah announced plans to employ critical health personnel for the three regions of the north despite the embargo on employment in the public sector.<\/p>\n
The employment of the critical health personnel according to the sector Minister, was to enhance the delivery of quality health care in the Upper East Region.<\/p>\n
Seth Terkper speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show downplayed assertions that the freeze was put in place following a directive from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).<\/p>\n
‘We have had a net freeze with or without the IMF. You cannot just be employing in the public sector because you cannot spend a lot on a bloated civil service or public service payroll, you also need the money for goods and services.
\nIt is not a total freeze it is a net freeze there is an exception for example the health and education sectors the freeze does not affect all of them.’
\nBy: Vivian Kai Lokko\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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