By Kofi Thompson

We are lucky in Ghana that the vast majority of ordinary people want our nation to remain peaceful and united. Living in a well-ordered society matters to many in Ghana.

That is one of the reasons why many Ghanaians pray for wisdom for our political leaders (across the spectrum) - and hope that God will give them the courage to do what is right for Ghana and all its people always.

Most discerning and independent-minded Ghanaians also prefer that the technocrats and other public servants who ensure that the machinery of state functions smoothly, will also be imbued with a spirit of patriotism - and make service to Ghana and all its people what inspires them throughout their working lives.

Many discerning and independent-minded Ghanaians also prefer public servants to leave active politics to their nation's political class.

They would rather public sector-employees never allowed themselves to be manipulated by political parties desirous of sabotaging governments of the day -in the hope of making a regime in power unpopular.

Ghana's public-sector employees must always remember that the very important work that they do daily enables Ghanaian society to function effectively.

It is thanks to the hard work of some public-sector employees, for example, that Ghanaians have access to potable water and electricity - the availability of both of which ensure that most people in Ghana can enjoy a reasonably decent quality of life.

In view of the extra burden now shouldered by taxpayers as a result of improved salary levels for public-sector employees (the so-called single-spine salary structure), surely, the time has now come for Ghanaian public-sector employees to resolve to raise productivity levels throughout the public sector in Ghana? Nothing short of that will do. A word to the wise...

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