The government’s intentions to hire 1,570 more individuals for the machinery of government were rejected by the minority in parliament.
This figure, according to the group, is included in the budget statement for 2023.
The Minority argued that the 3,681-person increase in government machinery workers is unreasonable given the recently announced public sector hiring freeze.
The government’s chances of obtaining an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout continue to depend on the budget’s passage.
The Minority, led by its leader Haruna Iddrisu, also threatened to stop participating in the budget process if the Majority side did not show commitment to the budget during a press conference in Parliament.
“We also strongly denounce plans to increase the staff strength of personnel at the office of the Government machinery by 1,570, at page 230 of the 2023 budget. If you are reducing the size of government, I’m not narrowing it to elephant size of government of ministers, but even at the level of administrative and supporting staff at the presidency, which is captured under the budget of the office of the government machinery, which they are proposing to increase to 3,681, there can be no justification for this, and we will not accept this,” the Minority Leader said.
The minority group is requesting once more that the government abandon plans to construct the National Cathedral, for which a budgetary allocation of 80 million cedis has been made.
