Government on Wednesday said it would commence action on all proposals and scenarios submitted to it by the National Institutional Renewable Programme (NIRP) for salary improvement from 31 October this year.
An ultimatum given in a statement released in Accra and signed by Mr Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, Minister of Information, and Presidential Affairs, to the Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs) said work on the exercise was to start on 20 August but had to be extended because some sectors failed to submit the necessary data.
It therefore, advised all defaulting MDAs to take note of the extension and submit the functional review and public sector employee verification forms to the NIRP, which has already started processing data received so far.
The statement warned: "MDAs which fail to submit the required information to NIRP by 30th September deadline will therefore, have themselves to blame." Government issued the statement because it was concerned about the failure of some MDAs to submit their functional review and public sector employee verification forms to the NIRP for processing.
Submission of the forms is to facilitate the development of a comprehensive implementation programme for salary improvement and enhancement as part of the public sector pay implementation exercise. The statement said a survey on public-private sector salaries has already been completed. The survey was to determine the actual cost of public sector employees in the labour market.
It said a public sector employee census and functional review exercise to determine the actual size of the public sector and further eliminate 'ghost names' from pay vouchers was underway as part of the implementation project. The statement said the failure of some MDAs, to submit their forms had impeded work on the whole exercise.
