The Trades Union Congress (TUC) says government freeze on employ is unfortunate and bad taste for the country.
The Union says the moratorium on employment only add hardship to the already teeming employment in the country.
According to the Union it asked the government not to accept any condition from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to place an embargo on employment in the country but that appeal has not been heeded.
A disappointed Deputy Secretary General of the TUC, Joshua Ansah said the body will have its post budget assessment on Monday November 28 to fully respond to the government’s budget for the 2023 fiscal year.
Speaking to TV3’s Daniel Opoku on Friday November 25 regarding the hiring freeze, he said “I think that it is unfortunate, already we have a teeming unemployment situation in the country and if 2023 there is not going to be any employment into the public sector then you can imagine what the situation of unemployment will be in this country.
“This budget was read yesterday and TUC, normally after the budget, we have our post budget meeting where the committee for social and economic and political organization committee meet to digest the budget and then advise the TUC on the way forward. So on Monday, God’s will, we are going to hold that very meeting then, immediately after that we will actually announce our reaction or position on the budget.
“I am very disappointed because when the IMF team were here, that was something that TUC actually pointed out to government that as for IMF they normally come out with conditionality and one of their conditions is to freeze employment and that is what we don’t want to hear. Unfortunately, it has come. So TUC will seriously digest the budget on Monday and come out with our position.”
The Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta announced in the 2023 budget a freeze on employment into the civil and public service.
He also said there shall be no new government agencies established in 2023.
He said these while presenting the budget in Parliament on Thursday November 23.
Source: theGhanaianvoice.com