Business News of Friday, 5 April 2019Source: citibusinessnews.comDon’t lift ban on public sector recruitment despite IMF exit – Ebo TurksonDr Ebo Turkson, Senior lecturer at the Economics Department of the University of GhanaAn Economist, Dr. Ebo Turkson has strongly advised against lifting the ban on public sector employment following the country’s exit from the International Monetary Fund program. As part of the program, all recruitments into the public sector were frozen in an effort to manage what was then said to be a bloated public sector wage bill. “We need to stick to the discipline, the cap on public sector employment should not be removed, we replace when others are going on retirement than employ into the public sector. We have always thought the IMF ban on recruitment into the public sector was a mistake in the first place. Ghana exited IMF programme without achieving its objectives – AdongoThe Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo had earlier insisted that Ghana exited the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme without achieving its objectives.

Source: GhanaWeb April 05, 2019 11:03 UTC