Economist Prof Stephen Adey called on the government to fire all striking members of the Association of Civil Servants and Local Governments of Ghana (CLOGSAG).
According to him, the club’s request for a neutrality allowance is unacceptable and unethical.
“This is the worst thing I can imagine being someone who has worked in the public sector for 35 years. I can’t imagine that.
“These are people who need to be laid off and they can apply [again] or stay at home and I guarantee Ghana will be better off,” he said.
Workers abandoned their equipment about a week ago to protest the controversial nonpayment of the neutrality allowance.
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On Wednesday, the National Labor Commission (NLC) gave the association two days to resolve its issues with the government.
But before that deadline, Professor Adey of JoyNews made it clear earlier that the government should replace them with the military in hopes of firing them permanently.
“If I were the government, I would shut it down and then call the military to deal with the emergency,” he said.
Although the government agreed to the officials’ demands, The Economist insisted the move would amount to bribery.
“They acted like I was asking for my share of the meat.” I don’t think they can walk around with Ghanaians to say they should be paid anything at all. And the government is wrong.
“We are in a national crisis and life is difficult, I have no doubt about that. But for the government to agree to a payment is a bribe.”
Prof Adey is the last known person to reject the CLOGSAG application.
Since it became public knowledge that officials need bonuses for being neutral, many Ghanaians have criticized the idea.
Prominent among them was IMANI-Africa President Franklin Kujo, who called it a fraudulent arrangement that should be overturned.
Emmanuel Aquitai, executive director of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), said it was unethical for officials to demand such bonuses.
He also recommended that any civil servant interested in politics should resign.
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