The National Executive Secretary of Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG), Isaac Bampoe Addo has cautioned Ministers against recruiting party folk to take over the work of civil servants.
According to him anytime there is change of government, new ministers sideline civil servants and recruit their own people as special assistants and spokespersons.
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Isaac Bampoe Addo said their works are not recognised whenever these ministers recruit these political assistants.
He has therefore warned ministers to desist from the practice and work with the existing civil service structures.
He averred it was unconstitutional for ministers to use their special assistants to hinder civil service positions.
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Addressing fellow CLOGSAG members, he said, current Chief Justice, Sofia Akufo Addo, had presided over a case and pronounced that no civil servants should owe their appointments or promotions through partisan machinations yet ministers are breaching the law.
Isaac Bampoe Addo said the ministers must understand that it is a privilege to be a minister and not a right so they should go by the structures in the civil service.
He said CLOGSAG will ensure that those ministers, who do work with the existing structures, either resign or are kicked out.
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Meanwhile, The Greater Accra Regional Secretary of CLOGSAG, Samuel Nii Clottey Collinson said the ministers should not misunderstand civil servants as being petty and unwilling to work with special assistants because they cannot sit by for those assistants to enjoy scholarships, training programs and studies abroad.
He said some of the special assistants get access to sensitive information that they take away to their parties when they leave government and the civil servants are left behind without the benefit of such information to do their work.
Samuel Collison said if nothing is done about this trend, they will declare a nationwide strike.
when you do this they will think you hate npp so what i am suggesting is that i do not know when you are going for your annual delegate conference .when you go there this issue must be raised if supported by all then you put date like 2020 no one knows which party is comingso if any party comes and they do not go with that proposal then you do sit down strike until they remove thier people you are not going to resume work. thank you