Over 300 nurses not paid <\/strong><\/p>\nIn the Volta Region, a psychiatric nurse, Theophilus Doh lamented that over 300 of his colleagues have not received their salaries in the last twelve months.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was posted to the Volta Region with some other nurses, including general nurses, midwives, rural and community health nurses. Some of us were posted to the region from around April 2013. I received my appointment letter in November that same year. The issue is that most of the appointment letters delayed so the payment processes also delayed.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cIt took about 14 months before our salaries were worked on and they paid us only three months. We were made to follow some due processes… which we complied with, and as at now, we don\u2019t know the state of our salary arrears. They told us that the issue has to do with the Ministry of Finance. The salary arrears range from six to twelve months.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the Volta region we are not less than 300. I\u2019m owed ten months\u2019 salary. We have not heard anything from them,\u201d Mr. Doh said adding that the situation is the same in other regions in the country.<\/p>\n
NADMO personnel unpaid for 22 months<\/strong><\/p>\nGaniu, a personnel from the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) also complained bitterly saying he, among others have worked for the past 22 months without pay.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am a NADMO staff. We\u2019ve been employed since 2013 October, and we were told salaries will come but to no avail. We were later informed to do a biometric registration and as I speak, this is the seventh month. Cumulatively, for the over 21 months, our salaries\u00a0 will not be up to a monthly salary of a deputy minister, and yet they can\u2019t even pay us,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
GES worker complains<\/strong><\/p>\nA teacher in Begoro, Ken also sharing his ordeal on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong>, said he has not been paid in the last ten months.<\/p>\n\u201cWhen I call them, they tell me that they are working on it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another staff of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Philip from Suhum in the Eastern Region, lamented that he has since October 2012, when he was appointment not received any salary till date.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe saddest thing is that when you visit their offices, they don\u2019t even care. I\u2019ve worked with the GES close to three years now. So far, I\u2019ve lost count but it\u2019s about two years ten months, and I\u2019ve received nothing. My mother and few benevolent people have been supporting me.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s the fault of the workers<\/strong><\/p>\nMeanwhile, Yaw from East Legon also speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong>, blamed the delay in payment of salaries on the public workers.<\/p>\nHe argued that\u00a0\u201cthe reason why some of these things are happening is because some people use to back-date their employment details. This whole SSNIT number thing was started last year. Controller started sending memos to the various institutions since last year. If you delve into the issue, you will see that it\u2019s sometimes the fault of the people and not the Controller and Accountant General\u2019s Department.\u201d<\/p>\n
Click below to listen to the comments by some of the public sector workers:<\/strong><\/p>\n