Staff of the Controller and Accountant General (CAGD) across all sixteen regions in Ghana have warned not to validate government workers if their special duty allowance (SDA) is not paid.
Salaries of Public Sector Workers may delay this month and coming month if grievances of the staff not addressed.
In a petition,the angry staff said “We, the staff of CAGD across the Sixteen Regions of Ghana hereby call upon you and your leadership to address the following issues bordering us, with immediate effect:2021 SDA be paid immediately and that of 2022 be paid by the end of the year whiles subsequent SDAs be consolidated into our monthly salaries.
This has become necessary following delays in payment of the allowance at every year end, an allowance that used to be part of staff salaries in the past.Maintenance allowances for 2021 and 1st,2nd and 3rd quarters of 2022 should, as a matter of urgency, be paid without further delay”.
The staff also demanded that “leadership initiate steps to prepare and implement better salary structure compared to that enjoyed by our ‘sister’ Departments for all staff of the department. Besides ensuring efficient disbursements of public funds, the Department also withhold and pay taxes into the consolidated fund.Steps should be initiated to make the department either a Service or Authority. This will enable the Department to ensure professionalism without undue interference”.
The aggrieved CAGD staff raised issue of transfer or posting grant for all CAGD staff stating that it should be borne by the department henceforth.
They added “Management should see to the formation of a vibrant labour union for all staff of the department. This will put to rest, the perceived sabotage by CLOGSAG so far as our SDA is concerned.
There should be quarterly and timely GoG releases to all Finance Units of the District Assemblies as it’s being done for other Departments. Delayed releases to CAGD Regional Directorates should be addressed and the amount increased to enhance smooth administration of these offices”.
The staff concluded their petition by calling on the “Chief Accountants of the Department be placed on level 23 and ACAG moved to level 24.Our petition has become necessary following the worsening conditions of all CAGD staff and failure on the part of leadership to prioritize our welfare. We are by this calling on management to address these issues within fourteen days failure of which we will advise ourselves including abstinence from the forthcoming production of 3rd quarter national accounts of the Consolidated Fund.
NO SDA, NO ACCOUNTS VALIDATION EXERCISE!!! “.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com
