Reduction in ministries: TUC appeals to Mahama for redeployment of staff to be affected

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has urged President Mahama to roll out a proper ‘redeployment system’ for workers who may be affected by the merger of some ministries as announced recently.

According to the TUC, the President should also consider a compensation regime for the workers in case they are laid off.

Secretary General of TUC Johsua Ansah made the appeal during an exclusive interview with 3news’ labour affairs correspondent in Accra.

President Mahama, by an Executive Instrument, has reduced the ministries from 30 to 23. This initiative is geared towards achieving a lean government.

However, some economic think tanks such as IMANI Africa have suggested that workers could be laid off to attain the quest for lean government.

Meanwhile, President Mahama has said that workers will not be laid off after the merger of some ministries.

The TUC has supported the President’s stance not to lay off workers.

Mr Joshua Ansah called President Mahama to re-deploy affected workers appropriately.

“In president Mahama’s own speech, there is not going to be reduction or layoffs but once the ministries are merged together, definitely some of the ministers whose ministries have been collapsed, and staff are going to lose their jobs unless the President decides to redeploy in the other ministries,” Mr Ansah suggested.

He also suggested that a compensation regime could be set up as stop gap measure to address the difficulties those affected workers may face.

” You see, compensation is fine but how long will that compensation take you? Even if they pay one million each, how will long will that take you? But we at labour believe in staying on the job and being paid every month than to go and take one million cedis and within two weeks is gone and your life becomes very miserable,” he said.

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