The Government of Ghana has dismissed as false claims that it may be unable to pay public employees’ salaries in the coming months unless something urgent is done.
Alban Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, said last week on the floor of Parliament that evidence available to him indicates that the government may be unable to pay public employees their salaries in the next three months if certain crucial choices are not made.
“This is not to discourage the committee from doing their work. If something is not done within the next three months, the government may not be able to pay salaries… So we have to take leadership. We have to do a lot of things”, he said just before he adjourned the sitting.
However, the administration has said that this is not the case.
Dr. John Kumah, Deputy Finance Minister, emphasized to Citi TV that the government was able to pay employees during the height of the Covid-19 outbreak and would continue to do its utmost to honor its duties to public workers.
“It is not true. Even when COVID-19 hit us hard, and we were struggling as a country, we still managed to pay all public workers on time. In January this year, workers were paid on time, we are hopeful that February will be paid on time”, he said.
The Deputy Minister is certain that the economy will not worsen to the point where the government will be unable to pay its employees.
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SOURCE: 3NEWS
