[ 2015-01-26 ]

We are educated but not skilled - Ghana Employers Association
Ghana Employers Association (GEA) has suggested
that productivity levels in the public service can
be improved if employees change their attitude
towards work and sharpen their skills.

Chief Executive of the GEA Alex Frimpong noted
that although there is an explosion of educated
people and opportunities in the country,
employable skills are still “scarce.”

He was making a contribution during a tripartite
meeting between the Trades Union Congress (TUC),
Organised Labour and Government represented by
Employment and Labour Relations Minister, Haruna
Iddrisu.

Government and organised labour will in April this
year agree on a daily minimum wage before the
presentation of the annual budget.

A forum to actualize the agreement and also
deliberate on productivity for equal salary among
public sector workers has already been fixed for
April this year.

Alex Frimpong was particularly concerned about the
level of productivity in the country.

“We have been playing the ostrich. We should be
seen as a country that is more productive. There
is a saying that education is available but skills
are scarce."

He called for the establishment to a definite
benchmark to measure the productive levels of
public servants.

Concerns about the level of productivity have also
been expressed by President John Dramani Mahama.

Delivering the State of the Nation Address in
Parliament last year, the President said about
60.9percent of the entire national revenue was
used to pay public sector salaries last year.

This, he said was almost double the globally
acceptable prudent level of between 13 to 35
percent.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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