Government spokesperson on Governance and Security, Palgrave Boakye-Danquah, says the neutrality allowance is not to gag the Civil and Local Government Staff (CLOGSAG).
Members of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG), laid down their tools on Thursday April 21, 2022 over nonpayment of their neutrality allowances.
This follows a statement released by the association on April 5, 2022, saying that the government has delayed in paying its members the allowance in question, hence the decision to embark on strike.
CLOGSAG revealed that it expected the allowance to have been implemented immediately after a meeting with the government and an MoU signed on January 20, 2022, to that effect, but after more than three months, the allowance is yet to be paid.
“It was noted that the Neutrality Allowance has not been effected as agreed, in spite of official reminders and follow-ups to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning,” CLOGSAG noted in the statement.
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After CLOGSAG announced the strike, government came under scrutiny for trying to gag the workers with the implementation of a neutrality allowance.
Speaking to host of Atinka FM’s AM Drive Kaakyire Ofori Ayim, Government spokesperson on Governance and Security, Government spokesperson Governance and Security, Palgrave Boakye-Danquah refuted claims that the allowance is to gag the workers from staging demonstrations and strike actions against the government.
According to him, the allowance is to prevent members of CLOGSAG from being affected by the current inflation prices.
“Government does not have any intention of gagging members of CLOGSAG. The allowance is to prevent the members of CLOGSAG from being affected by the current inflation prices. I was surprised when I heard the news of the strike, because there are ongoing talks,” Palgrave Boakye-Danquah told Kaakyire Ofori Ayim.
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