CLOGSAG members deserve neutrality allowance – Deputy Labour Minister

The Deputy Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Bright Wireko-Brobby has justified the need for the government to members of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) a neutrality allowance.

According to him, the payment of the allowance will reinforce the group’s commitment to remain neutral at all times.

This follows a nationwide strike by CLOGSAG effective today, Thursday, April 21, 2022, over the government’s failure to pay its members their neutrality allowance.

Speaking to Accra-based Joy News on Thursday, Mr Wireko-Brobby revealed that the neutrality allowance is going to be 20% of the base salary of CLOGSAG members.

“For them, they make a case that they cannot attend any political programme, therefore, do not get anything from the political landscape, and then they are committed to staying neutral and will not get any form of allowance or whatever.”

“They are deprived of those things and, therefore, the government must help them to stay neutral. So that allowance is what they have put forward, and we have agreed that we have to look at this, but it is not firmly agreed on the name to give to it, but this is the rationale.”

“They think that we must look at this and see if we can do something about it for them so that their neutrality is reinforced or committed. So this is where we came to and agreed that no problem.”

“We will look at the form and pay. It’s only about the payment and not the name. We think that these are our chief advisors, so we don’t even want to discuss our matter because they advise the government publicly.”