Minority Chief Frank Ano Dompre claimed that greater than 3,000 contract employees had been employed on the Environmental Safety Company (EPA) with out correct monetary authorization.
Newly employed employees are additionally going through important pay cuts, stated Nsawam Adaziri.
In an open letter to President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday, he described the state of affairs on the EPA as a rising systemic disaster impacting environmental governance and investor confidence.
“Greater than 3,000 folks had been reportedly recruited as contract workers at a time when the authority didn’t but have a correctly constituted board of administrators,” he claimed.
He stated the recruitment was performed in violation of public monetary administration procedures and “with out prior monetary approval from the Ministry of Finance.”
He additional alleged that the appointment letters issued to some new staff set pay ranges above these of present executives, together with senior technical workers and administration.
Annaud-Dompre additionally claimed that some new staff had been positioned immediately into senior workers positions “with out following the recruitment procedures, grade constructions or profession development necessities established inside the framework of the general public service.”
Whip, the minority director, stated the state of affairs has precipitated monetary pressure and disrupted morale inside the company.
“Subsequent monetary approvals from the Ministry of Finance coated solely about 500 positions, leaving many beforehand employed contract workers and not using a clear authorized or monetary regularization path,” he stated.
Past considerations about recruitment, the lawmaker argued that employees who accepted EPA job gives confronted important pay cuts after leaving their earlier jobs.
“Younger Ghanaians are recruited by way of a clear course of with contractual salaries clearly outlined by rank starting from GHS8,000 to GHS12,000 as much as GHS14,000,” he stated.
“Just some months into their probationary interval, these similar folks have been blindsided. Their salaries have been unilaterally lowered by between GHS3,000 and GHS4,000, or almost 70%.”
He stated some affected employees resigned from their common jobs, together with educating positions, primarily based on the pay situations supplied by the EPA.
“Those that left the educating career can’t return as a result of their outdated positions have been stuffed. They’re now trapped, incomes lower than a junior clerk however being overqualified to interchange them,” he stated.
Annaud Dompre warned that this example may undermine confidence in public sector employment.
“In Ghana, a horrible message is being despatched {that a} signed employment contract will not be well worth the paper it’s written on,” he careworn.
He referred to as on President Mahama to order an instantaneous administrative and monetary evaluation of the recruitment course of and restore the salaries of affected employees.
