The Civil and Native Authorities Employees Affiliation, Ghana (CLOGSAG) has cited the federal government for going opposite to a Supreme Court docket ruling of appointing civil servants as members of metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs).
Government Secretary Isaac Bampoe Addo warned that the sooner authorities desists from that apply the higher.
Talking on the 4th Nathan Anan Quao Public Lecture in Accra on Thursday, September 30, Mr Bampoe Addo stated the choice by authorities to nominate civil servants to meeting positions violates the apex court docket of Ghana.
“We’ve gone to the Supreme Court docket and we’ve had our ruling. It is rather clear: No civil servant. . .each in central service and decentralised service. . .could be an meeting man and on the similar time be a civil servant. You have to resign!”
He disclosed that CLOGSAG has obtained notification that “authorities is appointing civil servants as meeting males”.
“This can be a contradiction and it’s contempt to the ruling of the Supreme Court docket,” he warned.
Mr Bampoe Addo additionally bemoaned the seeming snub of the Civil Service Council and the Native Authorities Council by authorities whereas different councils have been inaugurated.
“We predict these are the primary councils that ought to have been established. . .”
By Emmanuel Kwame Amoh|3news.com|Ghana
