will not approve any spending outside the budget<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 for workers.<\/p>\n[contextly_sidebar id=”tCFgKclgPJ8o8Jayg9KhVrdHUUtgPGIZ”]Speaking at the 80th anniversary celebration of the Ghana Registered Midwives Association in Accra, President Mahama emphasized that he will not authorize the payment of salaries or allowances that has not been captured in the budget.<\/p>\n
He explained that such move will collapse the single spine salary structure.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will not authorize any expenditure on wages and compensation not provided for in the budget. Fiscal discipline requires that not a single pesewa is spent on remuneration outside what has been budgeted for,\u201d he said adding that\u00a0\u201cthis goes to both article 71 office holders and those on the single spine. It goes for the president as well as the lowest public sector employee. I\u2019m determined to hold the line no matter the political cost.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr. Yankson however insisted that they have exhausted every means possible to get their grievances addressed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat have I asked for as a doctor who works with an employer? Give me conditions of service, which forms the basis of the employment contract, which is also backed by the law. So if I ask for what you ought to give me by way of conditions of service, I don\u2019t think I\u2019m wrong asking for conditions of service.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIn any case there are people in this country who have conditions of service, so what is wrong if a doctor or a group of doctors decide that, please give us conditions of service such that it will fall in line with the very documents called the labour act,” he asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have submitted our proposals to our employer so let\u2019s leave it like that. Whatever his pleasure is as the president on this matter is his prerogative,\u201d Dr. Yankson added.<\/p>\n
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By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n