Speaking to Kwaku Dawuro on Movement In The Morning show, Mr. Boafo said that ”if the request by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) is granted, the government may not be able to employ about 50,000 graduates for the next five years. Government will have to borrow to do that because currently there’s no money available and we will have to borrow using treasury bills with high interest rates. Therefore, I’m urging the public sector workers to be moderate in their demands”.
According to him, when public sector workers demand for salary increment, it’s indirectly requesting for tax from the private sector and therefore bears the consequences making it impossible for the private sector employers to increase the salary of their employees.
He however, indicated that the government is not happy about the current state of the sector but is unable to terminate the contracts of some unproductive workers because people will end up politicking and blaming the government for taking their jobs away from them.
Adding that about 10% of public sector workers should be sacked.
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