The government has approved a 23% increase in the salaries of public sector workers following the conclusion of negotiations on the 2024 base pay.
Effective from January 1 of this year, the adjustment has been implemented, as confirmed by the Controller and Accountant General, Kwasi Kwaning-Bosompem, in a statement to the Daily Graphic.
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Expressing the government’s commitment to prioritizing the welfare of public sector employees, Kwaning-Bosompem highlighted that salaries have been consistently paid on time and in the correct amounts.
He also emphasized that even during the challenging times of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government stood by its workers by ensuring uninterrupted salary payments.
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“The government is very committed to upholding workers interests and has never faulted in paying salaries even when the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020,” Mr Kwaning-Bosompem said.
“In other jurisdictions, during the COVID-19 pandemic, salaries were cut and people were laid off, but in Ghana the government kept faith with workers by paying their salaries,” he continued.
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The Controller and Accountant General added that, “the economy has started showing signs of full recovery, and we must work together to stabilise the fiscal environment and prosecute stability in the macroeconomic environment,”
Some members of Organised Labour have confirmed the payment of the 23% increase in base pay by the government.
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The Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) confirmed the payment of the base pay.
The General Secretary of the union, Mark Dankyira Korankye, who confirmed this to the Daily Graphic, said his outfit had so far not received any complaint whatsoever from its rank and file regarding the payment.
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This adjustment follows last year’s significant 30% increase in base pay across the board, marking one of the largest increments negotiated with Organized Labor since 2010.