{"id":100768,"date":"2015-03-19T12:11:54","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T12:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=100768"},"modified":"2015-03-19T12:11:54","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T12:11:54","slug":"govt-to-lift-ban-on-public-sector-recruitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/03\/govt-to-lift-ban-on-public-sector-recruitment\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt to lift ban on public sector recruitment ?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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":"
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. [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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":48907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[21,4],"yoast_head":"\n