{"id":141108,"date":"2015-08-06T11:14:33","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T11:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=141108"},"modified":"2015-08-06T11:14:33","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T11:14:33","slug":"mahama-doctors-comment-was-exciting-anyidoho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/mahama-doctors-comment-was-exciting-anyidoho\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama doctor’s comment was ‘exciting’ – Anyidoho\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Deputy General Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho has defended President John Mahama for adamantly refusing to yield to demands of public sector workers especially Ghana Medical Association.<\/p>\n
Doctors in the public sector are currently on a partial strike<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to demand the provision of a formal document stating their conditions of service while stressing that they will only return to work when their issues are addressed.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”hh7IZp4QO9GhVIjm1jQrhUFzEOqa8JqU”]Commenting on the matter, President Mahama while speaking at the 80th<\/sup> anniversary celebration of the Ghana Registered Midwives Association, said he will not succumb to pressure from labour and that he will not spend outside the budget<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n “I 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,” he added.<\/p>\n