Salary of Public Sector Workers Up by 23 Percent

The government has adjusted the salary of public sector workers by 23 per cent. This follows the conclusion of negotiations on the 2024 base pay. Payment of the 23 per cent adjustment took effect from January 1, this year. The Controller and Accountant General, Kwasi Kwaning-Bosompem, confirmed this to the Daily Graphic.

He said approval had already been given by the government for the payment of the 23 per cent adjustment. Mr Kwaning-Bosompem indicated that the government had been very committed to the emoluments of public sector workers, and that salaries had been paid not only in the right amount, but on dates published for payment of salaries.

The Controller and Accountant General’s Department at the beginning of every year publishes the dates of payments for salaries of public sector workers. Some members of Organised Labour have confirmed the payment of the 23 per cent increase in base pay by the government. The Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) confirmed the payment of the base pay.

The General Secretary of the union, Mark Dankyira Korankye, who confirmed this to the Daily Graphic, said his outfit had so far not received any complaint whatsoever from its rank and file regarding the payment. The government last year increased the base pay on the Single Spine Salary  Stru cture (SSSS) by 30 per cent across the board.

The 30 per cent is the biggest increment Organised Labour has secured out of negotiations with the government since 2010 when the government increased the base pay by 20 percent, and by the same margin in 2011.