Public servants’ sloppiness 'worsening economic' crisis – Labour Ministry

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Dela 9 years ago

Excellent suggestions; but who are these Chief Directors, Chief Executives, Heads of Departments, and Supervisors? Incidentally, they themselves are indiscipline: steel money, report to work late, chasing women, allowing poli ...
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Excellent suggestions; but who are these Chief Directors, Chief Executives, Heads of Departments, and Supervisors? Incidentally, they themselves are indiscipline: steel money, report to work late, chasing women, allowing politicians to influence their decision making process, recruiting their family and tribesmen. These category of leaders can never provide leadership at the public institutions. When one received bribe from Vodafone do you expect others to behave differently? certainly not.
Gye Nyame 9 years ago

A clocking in system is not going to increase productivity, it may improve punctuality but knowing Ghana and their corruption and indiscipline, one person will clock everybody in and simply defeat the purpose. What Ghana need ...
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A clocking in system is not going to increase productivity, it may improve punctuality but knowing Ghana and their corruption and indiscipline, one person will clock everybody in and simply defeat the purpose. What Ghana needs are good managers and consequences for not meeting deadlines or productivity. Management is the problem and not the worker bees, you put one good manager in a department and the whole department can get transformed. We need a top down approach and it starts from Mahama at the top.
MANTSE 9 years ago

What GOOD is a CLOCK-IN System with the Manager or Supervisor late or absent or working Lotto at his Desk?

Does the Minister expect that by issuing this Directive, all of a sudden, from tomorrow, workers will report to wor ...
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What GOOD is a CLOCK-IN System with the Manager or Supervisor late or absent or working Lotto at his Desk?

Does the Minister expect that by issuing this Directive, all of a sudden, from tomorrow, workers will report to work at time and sit at their desks ALL day and work, not on their private issues, but what they are paid to do?

This SMACKS of Inexperience in EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT Issues. Somebody has to lead the way. The Minister himself must get down from that HIGH HORSE in the IVORY TOWER to the Gate every morning, and MOVE from Office to Office unannounced during any period of the working day, talk to workers and make sure what they appear to be working on is actually Government Work and also what Problems, if any, they might be having.

This is what NII ADJEI OKAI used to do at Customs on a DAILY BASIS. Sometimes by 7:00 in the morning he is sitting in the Office at AFLAO checking actual arrival time of workers to what they have been declaring daily and wanting to know what they have been working on and their problems, if any. Every CEPS Officer who came even ONE MINUTE after 8:00 AM, including Nii Adjei and his Deputies and ALL managers, had to respond to a QUERRY to explain their lateness.

As for the Stations close to Accra, be prepared to expect him anytime any day. Managers and Supervisors were asked to submit weekly REPORTS detailing what their workers accomplished for that week and the CHALLENGES that merit Management intervention.

In NO MORE than 2 months ALL CEPS Officers were going to work on time and staying there and DOING the WORK they were PAID to DO. That is how come CUSTOMS DOUBLED its REVENUE in 15 Months and Ghana avoided the IMF's BITTER PILL. DISCIPLINE also IMPROVED REMARKABLY. Nii Adjei did NOT SIT in his office and ISSUE DIRECTIVES. He GOT to the GROUND. It Felt Good to be a Manager in those Circumstances and that is why some of us wish we had another Nii Adjei Okai at the GRA.

It can be DONE, Folks. BUT God DID NOT GIVE THAT TALENT to JUST ANYBODY. ONLY a SELECT FEW and Govt. MUST SEEK them out and USE them for the GREATER GOOD of the Ghanaian People instead of this NARROW GAING MENTALITY and expecting that, by some MAGIC, we will WAKE UP ONE DAY, and things are BETTER.
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 9 years ago

The revelations at the Judgement Debt Commission hearings show the Attorney General's Department as a typical example of how civil servants let the state down by failing to scrutinise claims against the state, fail to attend ...
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The revelations at the Judgement Debt Commission hearings show the Attorney General's Department as a typical example of how civil servants let the state down by failing to scrutinise claims against the state, fail to attend courts to defend such claims and cause default judgement as well as collude with claimants to loot the state and share the proceeds.

The introduction of clocking machines could only be effective if line managers ensure that workers spend their times in the office effectively and not waste them on private matters or even working out weekly lotto numbers. Workers should be set performance targets which are appraised every quarter.

If that is done, the government will realise that there are too many civil servants and some could be made redundant. Perhaps, clocking machines could also weed out ghost workers. However, I am afraid in Ghana, the criminals will find ways of making such an exercise ineffective. For example, some workers will come in on time and go home early but ask colleagues to clock out for them later.
Obed Adore 9 years ago

Yes, the Attorney General's Staff y failed to defend the government because they did receive their 10%-20% share of the judgment debt loot! In fact they official colluded, condoned and connived with the claimants; plain and s ...
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Yes, the Attorney General's Staff y failed to defend the government because they did receive their 10%-20% share of the judgment debt loot! In fact they official colluded, condoned and connived with the claimants; plain and simple! They all big thieves.
akyekyedie 9 years ago

I was shocked to witness an office clerkon his cell phone talking on the phone and the conversation had nothing to do with the work he was supposed to be doing as I was sitting next to this individual waiting patiently to be ...
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I was shocked to witness an office clerkon his cell phone talking on the phone and the conversation had nothing to do with the work he was supposed to be doing as I was sitting next to this individual waiting patiently to be attended to and its unfotunate this had to happen at the Kumasi DVLA office.This gentleman started singing the gospel right after the phone conversation. He finally asked what he can do for me.
Cecilia 9 years ago

You are right. We do not work hard in Ghana

You are right. We do not work hard in Ghana
Dr Robert K Glah 9 years ago

Lack of focus at work is contributor to weak economy. Sectional leaders should enforce the General Orders (GO). Use ITC at work by all. Productivity would rise for stability.

Restructuring the economy must follow with imp ...
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Lack of focus at work is contributor to weak economy. Sectional leaders should enforce the General Orders (GO). Use ITC at work by all. Productivity would rise for stability.

Restructuring the economy must follow with import substitution.

Enforcing the rule of law is the final solution: the lion and the sheep should graze in common pastures.
Nana Kwaku 9 years ago

If you point your forefinger at someone, the other three are pointing to yourself.

If you point your forefinger at someone, the other three are pointing to yourself.
KOFI 9 years ago

MR MINISTER,I BEG TO DIFFER, YOU SHOULD BY THIS TIME BE SEEN AS A MATURE PERSON, THE PROBLEM IS THAT ALMOST ALL THOSE PEOPLE ON GOVERNMENT PAYROLL ARE SERVICE PROVIDERS, THEY DON'T PRODUCE ANY THING TO BE SOLD TO GET MONEY AN ...
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MR MINISTER,I BEG TO DIFFER, YOU SHOULD BY THIS TIME BE SEEN AS A MATURE PERSON, THE PROBLEM IS THAT ALMOST ALL THOSE PEOPLE ON GOVERNMENT PAYROLL ARE SERVICE PROVIDERS, THEY DON'T PRODUCE ANY THING TO BE SOLD TO GET MONEY AND THIS INCLUDES YOU. WHAT IS THE TEACHER , NURSING, DOCTOR, ALL SECURITY AGENCIES DO TO ADD MONIES INTO THE COFFERS? PLEASE CALCULATE AND TELL US HOW MUCH YOU YOURSELF HAVE TAKEN AND HOW MUCH YOU HAVE ADDED SINCE YOU STARTED WORKING.THE PROBLEM WITH THE ECONOMY IS VERY FEW PEOPLE PRODUCE, AND FOR THIS, WE NEED TO CONCENTRATE OUR EFFORT IN BUILDING FACTORIES( AND AS A MINISTER OF TRADE YOU DID NOTHING),PRODUCE MORE IN AGRIC . AND ABOVE ALL, CUTTING DOWN THE NUMBER OF MPS, DCES, MINISTERS, SCRAP COUNCIL OF STATE, HANDOVER THE MILITARY TO UN(AS THEY ARE SEEN TO BE WORKING FOR THEM ONLY), AND NO MORE EX-GRATIA FOR ANY ONE(HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU TAKEN EX-GEATIA?).
Ghanaman 9 years ago

The Minister is right on the button as I have personally encountered all that he is talking about!
Please, Honourable Minister let's see some action to eradicate all these negative attitudes from the Ghanaian work ethic now.

The Minister is right on the button as I have personally encountered all that he is talking about!
Please, Honourable Minister let's see some action to eradicate all these negative attitudes from the Ghanaian work ethic now.
Elijah. 9 years ago

Bravo Mr Iddrisu! You have hit the nail right on its head. Ghanaians in the diaspora have been calling for these measures to be put in place for ages. At last we have a minister and a government with balls to take on this gar ...
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Bravo Mr Iddrisu! You have hit the nail right on its head. Ghanaians in the diaspora have been calling for these measures to be put in place for ages. At last we have a minister and a government with balls to take on this gargantuan task. That is a very welcome step in the right direction and we welcome that. You must go further and monitor compliance by carrying out unannounced visits at various work places, especially in the public sector and ensure non-compliance is severely punished. It would also be useful to identify honest, hardworking, enterprising public sector workers for exemplary awards. With time this will change the psyche of our workforce and they will eventually understand that hard work pays and idling or dishonesty at work is punished. This is a good day for our motherland and I feel proud again that leaders like you are prepared to stand up against what is essentially decorated fraud. Long live the NDC and long live Ghana!
Rans F 9 years ago

Is he not equally guilty of the same issue he is talking about? How punctual to functions are these decorated donkeys parading as Ministers? These ministers do not deserve even a tenth of the salaries they take home every mon ...
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Is he not equally guilty of the same issue he is talking about? How punctual to functions are these decorated donkeys parading as Ministers? These ministers do not deserve even a tenth of the salaries they take home every month.
Obournana 9 years ago

Form grievance report offices to receive public sentiments. The top officers shield workers who do not perform their duties at the detriment of the citizennry. The top hierachy are the cause because they allow their girlfrien ...
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Form grievance report offices to receive public sentiments. The top officers shield workers who do not perform their duties at the detriment of the citizennry. The top hierachy are the cause because they allow their girlfriends to do it and and others follow suit.
USMAN 9 years ago

OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE SUPERVISED BY OUR USELESS UNIVERSITY GRADUATES.

OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE SUPERVISED BY OUR USELESS UNIVERSITY GRADUATES.
Rans F 9 years ago

Get a BRAIN, Mr USMAN! Stop irritating us with your redundant nonsense! There is nothing wrong with University Education.

Get a BRAIN, Mr USMAN! Stop irritating us with your redundant nonsense! There is nothing wrong with University Education.
Mensah 9 years ago

Goat herder turned inexperienced Minister. Ghanaian workers have always being the same and yet things worked under Kufour. If you had an efficient transportation system like what Kufour tried to introduce workers wouldn't be ...
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Goat herder turned inexperienced Minister. Ghanaian workers have always being the same and yet things worked under Kufour. If you had an efficient transportation system like what Kufour tried to introduce workers wouldn't be coming to work late. With respect to workers not doing their jobs when at work, you've just convicted yourself for being incompetent. If somebody comes to work to be paid and does no work, you dismiss him/her. Since you are not doing your job properly, the behaviour continues.
Ataa Nii 9 years ago

Each and very one of these lazy idiots should justify their positions in the public service. Most of these people are unqualified, have no purpose in life, don't work for their wages and frankly are the main cause of Ghana's ...
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Each and very one of these lazy idiots should justify their positions in the public service. Most of these people are unqualified, have no purpose in life, don't work for their wages and frankly are the main cause of Ghana's problem. most of these Chief directors and top civil servants are near retirement age and are only concerned about making enough money to be able to live lavish life style. They are
the biggest dinosaurs around. Try dealing with any government employee, from lands Department to
the hospitals. Try getting a grave in one of the cemeteries, they are all the same
Acquaye 9 years ago

Put the clocks in

Put the clocks in
Obed Adore 9 years ago

Yes, the Attorney General's Staff y failed to defend the government because they did receive their 10%-20% share of the judgment debt loot! In fact they official colluded, condoned and connived with the claimants; plain and s ...
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Yes, the Attorney General's Staff y failed to defend the government because they did receive their 10%-20% share of the judgment debt loot! In fact they official colluded, condoned and connived with the claimants; plain and simple! They are all big thieves.
gla 9 years ago

this is not the cause of the falling economy,the real cause is the incompetent, COORUPT, ignorant, uncaring and arrogant government,

this is not the cause of the falling economy,the real cause is the incompetent, COORUPT, ignorant, uncaring and arrogant government,
Voting Ndc Out 9 years ago

NDC looting and cluelessness is the cause of the worsening economic catastrophe.

NDC looting and cluelessness is the cause of the worsening economic catastrophe.
onipanua 9 years ago

You are a fool!! You are even blind to a fact known to the whole world but unknown to you due to political blindness.It pays to be truthful and objective.

You are a fool!! You are even blind to a fact known to the whole world but unknown to you due to political blindness.It pays to be truthful and objective.
Voting Ndc Out 9 years ago

Voting NDC out foolish or not, Onipanua, so chill.

Voting NDC out foolish or not, Onipanua, so chill.
Solomon 9 years ago

A call in its direction...Haruna,Productivity is dwindling in the Public sector....

A call in its direction...Haruna,Productivity is dwindling in the Public sector....
Lord Tennison 9 years ago

In what way?Will the punctuality issue stabilize the Cedi or bring down the rate of inflation?
John Mahama should resign and dissolve this HOPELESS NDC government.

In what way?Will the punctuality issue stabilize the Cedi or bring down the rate of inflation?
John Mahama should resign and dissolve this HOPELESS NDC government.
Rans F 9 years ago

We know this already and you are also guilty, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, along with all government officials! This is just one of the numerous problems confronting the country. The greatest of all is CORRUPTION and your government is ...
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We know this already and you are also guilty, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, along with all government officials! This is just one of the numerous problems confronting the country. The greatest of all is CORRUPTION and your government is one of the most corrupt in the history of mother Ghana. Woyome is still walking free and your government paid US$63,000 a month for an office space for several months! Do your homework well, Mr Minister, and stop diverting attention to something you are guilty yourself.
Lord Tennison 9 years ago

The Labor Department should be able to publish employment statistics for decision making.It is taking too long to do this simple stuff,57 years?
The things you are complaining about are good.But your SOS focus should be pote ...
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The Labor Department should be able to publish employment statistics for decision making.It is taking too long to do this simple stuff,57 years?
The things you are complaining about are good.But your SOS focus should be potent programs to create jobs for the youth.
This is not the time to say something to announce your presence.Get all the ghost names from the payroll of the ministry.
F.G. TOWORFE 9 years ago

The minister is irritating us. Does he expect Mr Toworfe(my father)to rise from the dead to do the supervision for them? What is the use of NDC being in power? Oh, so it's only to grab wealth. WELL! WELL!! WELL!!!

The minister is irritating us. Does he expect Mr Toworfe(my father)to rise from the dead to do the supervision for them? What is the use of NDC being in power? Oh, so it's only to grab wealth. WELL! WELL!! WELL!!!
Kwesi USA 9 years ago

Time clock is the best way to go

Time clock is the best way to go
Kwame 9 years ago

Mr Minister, there is low morale among workers in the Public Sector. The cost of living is impacting heavily on their psyche, hence the low performance.

Times are realy hard for the public worker whose SALARY has stood sti ...
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Mr Minister, there is low morale among workers in the Public Sector. The cost of living is impacting heavily on their psyche, hence the low performance.

Times are realy hard for the public worker whose SALARY has stood still while utility prices have shot up over 200%. He comes to work with hordes to think about. Lorry fares are too high for him to afford for a month. Since workers buses are non-existent the meager salary is spent on lorry fares to and fro.

The month ends and the man has nothing to to take home, thus living a toll on his conscience on how to cater for the family.

Let us sell the TOYOTA LANDCRUISERS you are and others are using in order to purchase staff buses for the public sector workers in only ACCRA, You will see drastic change in the same workers performance. It will also boost their morale. Use your NOBLE OFFICE to launche an attack on the poor working condition of the Junior and Middle Management Public Sector Worker and you will see the Results. Please do not touch the Working Conditions of the Directors for they are Full.

I wish you well in your QUEST to bring about Productivity in the Public Sector.

Clocking Will not Work.
apuuu 9 years ago

If the head of the fish is bad all part of the fish stink that is how I see Haruna Iddrisu minister of Labour relations he thinks punctuation and productivity is way to go he is living enjoying the good life and he expert the ...
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If the head of the fish is bad all part of the fish stink that is how I see Haruna Iddrisu minister of Labour relations he thinks punctuation and productivity is way to go he is living enjoying the good life and he expert the works to do the job well not in Ghana because when the economy is bad every one is looking for extra cash even the person he put in charge will come to work late until the government learn how to take of the works not I repeat not will work apuuu
ADWO-LONDON 9 years ago

Easily said than done.We all know how evry department in Ghana is sloppy, will only attend to you if you give them sweetners in brown envelope.Is this sloppiness not linked to corruption? Is this not the reason why Ghanaians ...
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Easily said than done.We all know how evry department in Ghana is sloppy, will only attend to you if you give them sweetners in brown envelope.Is this sloppiness not linked to corruption? Is this not the reason why Ghanaians in diaspora have decided not to go back home? There is a lot to be said about our law enforcement agencies. Have you ever had to deal with land case in our courts, how long does it take our judiciary to deal with a case? Or do they ever deal with it? The whole system in Ghana is not working and good luck to this Minister if he can put things right. To those who argue that our economy is sloppy because we do not produce and sell things, they do not understand the basic economy, because giving a good service also makes your economy move.
Ebibiman 9 years ago

Lost country

Lost country
G. K .Berko 9 years ago

The culture of Public Servants staying in job for as long as they want, regardless of their performance has grown anaemic.

If any persistently perform below expectations they should be fired or retired early. Their contin ...
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The culture of Public Servants staying in job for as long as they want, regardless of their performance has grown anaemic.

If any persistently perform below expectations they should be fired or retired early. Their continued blunders surely would deepen our mess. Meanwhile, all Political appointees to all Public Offices must be constantly monitored and evaluated regularly to see how they are doing. If any fall short of expectations for a few times, they should be let go. That inadequacy simply means they are not up to the task assigned them.

What is the Wisdom in keeping someone on a job he or she cannot perform? The days when certain groups of Citizens were allowed to suck on the breast-milk of Mother Ghana because they did not have any family asset or constant source of livelihood are long gone. Only a few Ghanaian Families, today, can claim any such durable source of Wealth outside what each individual could do to earn a living.

Most Ghanaian Families do not own Cocoa Farms anymore for anyone to exclusively reserve the Public Service for those who do not have Cocoa Farms to support their families. All of us need to be competitively assessed for any available positions, and constantly assessed for continued accepted level of performance. Using political affiliations to assign positions for certain vital roles in our Public Service is wrong and must be discontinued. Those roles must only be filled on merit, period.

Long Live Ghana!!!
1616 9 years ago

stupid talk tell your stupid ass mahama to fix the economy

stupid talk tell your stupid ass mahama to fix the economy
apuuu 9 years ago

Hey dummy Haruna Iddrisu the bank of Ghana close at 4pm on Fridays they don't open on Saturdays Monday is a holiday so Mr know everything and want productivity and punctuation what do you do you close at 4 or 6pm since Sat ...
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Hey dummy Haruna Iddrisu the bank of Ghana close at 4pm on Fridays they don't open on Saturdays Monday is a holiday so Mr know everything and want productivity and punctuation what do you do you close at 4 or 6pm since Saturday and Monday is off day but by 4pm on Friday you are in front of the bank picking your girlfriend the manager you put in charge of the bank want to close at 6pm are you going to wait for 6pm or are you going to tell your girlfriend if you have one to live at 4pm you see what you try to do is not going help you the bank system is is wrong think about what you do before you tell someone to do else you come untime you live late and the works will do the same you want to come late and live early what do think will happen don't blame the works but blame yourself is not your company it belong to the country if is yours you can do what ever you want apuuu
A A Andani Cosmos 9 years ago

Ghana need people like you NDC need you the generation need you Mahama need you Allah bless you

Ghana need people like you NDC need you the generation need you Mahama need you Allah bless you
Tetteh 9 years ago

That is a true fact.The Director General of Ghana Health Service displayed one of the most weired and bizzarre Indiscretions of all times when he straight away sacked doctors from Effia Nkwanta hospital who were vocal and opp ...
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That is a true fact.The Director General of Ghana Health Service displayed one of the most weired and bizzarre Indiscretions of all times when he straight away sacked doctors from Effia Nkwanta hospital who were vocal and opposed some serious criminal and corrupt acts in that hospital.We now have heads of public institutions who are not only lousy and irresponsible but indeed hard core criminals who condone and connive corruption to milk the nation.These clandestine and white collar criminals are by far worse of than our so called politicians when it comes to corruption.Like leeches they illegally suck and siphon the nation dry and most often escape unnoticed.Why should a Director General Sack doctors because they were opposed to and reported corruption.Why didn't the Director General Ebenezer Appiah Denkyira take action on the reported case of bribery scandal that led to the death of a teenage girl requiring emergency transfusion service.What we are hearing and awed by in the GFA is just a tip of the iceberg regarding corruption in our public insitutions.The health sector in particular is bedeviled with massive and open thievery and little wonder public health institutions are fast collapsing.The health insurance in fact is suffocating to death under the pressure of massive organized theft marahalled by people at the very top.
Punch in 9 years ago

Over 70% of the Mahama NDC gov't are in school on the taxpayers dime, raking in huge salaries, per diems, benefits, expense accounts, etc, etc, whilst in school, underperforming, looting, corrupting their way to the bank and ...
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Over 70% of the Mahama NDC gov't are in school on the taxpayers dime, raking in huge salaries, per diems, benefits, expense accounts, etc, etc, whilst in school, underperforming, looting, corrupting their way to the bank and contributing absolutely nothing to productivity, going by the collapsed state of the economy and the NDC gov't is under the impression that "punching in" is the antidote to the worsening economic crises, then Ghana really has a long way to go.

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