Govt has no plan to reduce pay

The minister of public sector reforms Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom has denied knowledge of any document which details out a plan to review downwards salaries of medical doctors.

Speaking to Kwame Adinkra, host of Angel Morning show today, the minister dismissed the statement by the Ghana Medical Association(GMA) which says it has sighted a document which outlines a new salary structure.

The GMA added that it would resist, by every legitimate means, any attempt to implement it".

In a communique issued at the end of the association's third National Executive Council meeting in Accra on Sunday, the GMA said the document was titled, "Public Health Sector Pay Reform Restructured Payscale: Payscale 1 and Payscale 2 Combined" and claimed that the gov¬ernment intended to implement it to the disadvantage of doctors.

The communique was signed by the President of the GMA, Dr Francis Ababio, and the Assistant General Secretary, Dr Sodzi Sodzi-Tettey. But the minister said there is no plan by government to slash the salaries of doctors. he underscored that if there is the need for any review it wouldnt be a downward review.