NAGRAT displeased with threats to cut salaries of workers without Ghana Card
I am not against the acquisition of the Ghana card but the way they are going about it is absolutely wrong, so they should stop those things”, Mr. Carbonu stressed.
The President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) Angel Carbonu is displeased with the threat by the Controller and Accountant General’s Department to not pay December salaries to government workers without the Ghana Card.
According to him, the directive is harsh and would only deny salaries to persons who deserve payment for the work they have done.
Mr. Carbonu told Accra-based Citi News that although the intent for the directive is reasonable, it is still in bad taste and must be reversed.
“We have received a letter to that effect and I must say that it is displeasing, to say the least. In fact, we have what we call the workman and compensation principle. The principle states that once it is proven that the workman has done his job, it is the duty of the beneficiary of that job to compensate the workman. This penchant of threatening not to pay a worker regardless of whether the worker has done his duty to push through a policy is absolutely wrong, and it ought to stop.”
As part of efforts to reduce payment of salaries to ghost names, the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department announced that all government workers are required to obtain a Ghana Card or risk losing their salaries.
The Department announced that this move would also enable the creation of a secured and verified payroll service to ensure timely payment of salaries.
Nonetheless, the NAGRAT President has announced that the association will soon engage the authorities on the matter to correct any avenues for discontent among its members.
“If you want all Ghanaians to register for the Ghana card, why do you threaten me not to pay my salary when it can be proven that I have done the work that I’m supposed to do. So they want to disregard the work that someone has done over the Ghana card. What they are doing is to compel me through threats to register for the Ghana Card.”
“We will write to them and tell them to stop threatening us with non-payment of salaries that we are due. I am not against the acquisition of the Ghana card but the way they are going about it is absolutely wrong, so they should stop those things”, Mr. Carbonu stressed.
