Terminating All Appointments And Recruitments Made After Dec 7 Makes ‘A Lot Of Economic Sense’ – Atik
Atik Mohammed has applauded President John Dramani Mahama over the termination of appointments and recruitments made after December 7 last year.
A circular issued by Julius Debrah, the Chief of Staff at the Presidency, to all heads of Ministries, departments and agencies said; “Consistent with Government pronouncement in relation to near end of tenure appointments and recruitments, wish to bring to your attention that all appointments and recruitments made in the Public Services of Ghana after 7th December, 2024 are not in compliance with established good governance practices and principles.”
Heads of government institutions have therefore been instructed to take immediate steps to annul these appointments and submit a comprehensive report on actions taken to the Office of the Chief of Staff by February 17, 2025.
“Your cooperation in this matter is highly appreciated”, it added.
Atik, commenting on this move during Peace FM’s “Kokrokoo”, argued that such late appointments and recruitments disrupt the business of the next government, referring to the John Mahama administration.
He explained that the new governments come with their plans and citing that Ghana is currently financially constrained, one of the best decisions to alleviate the economic burden is to revoke such appointments and recruitments.
“Even though it sounds harsh but I think it makes a lot of economic sense”, he asserted.
The socio-political commentator however pleaded with the government to spare those appointments and recruitments that commenced long before December 7th but only became effective after this date due to the bureacratic processes.
“I think that it is not a bad call. My only advice is people should look at it from or the government should, you know, assess this directive and look at the cases on their merit. Maybe the process, it didn’t even start in June; maybe it started in January or a year before and so on. Those few and isolated cases, they should have the opportunity to be considered by government.”
Atik also urged the government to equip the private sector to create more job opportunities stating “it’s about time we gave the private sector that environment to absorb lots of people. Government is not an employer. In the scheme of things, government is not an employer”.
Source: Ghmessenger.com
