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The Government of Ghana is undertaking a programme that seeks to reform the public service. One of the issues that has come up for reform is the salary structure and what indicators must determine the quantum remuneration of public and civil servants. Discussion on this issue has generated a lot of debate with some arguing that the salaries of government workers must be determined by productivity.
To provide a platform to contribute to the debate, the Public Service Commission, as part of its 11th Annual Lecture, with the support of the FES, in keeping with its mandate and in order to provide a platform for the discussion of the issue organised its public lecture on the above theme Productivity, Performance and Pay Policies and Practices in Ghana.
This took place on May 21, 2008 in Accra. The target group was top civil and public servants as well as the general public. There were two presentations on the theme from the perspectives of the public and private sectors. Both presentations focused on the role of productivity in the determination of pay policies. There were calls on government to lead a national productivity campaign.
A post lecture workshop would take place in August were the presentations would be looked at more closely with experts working on the issue in the public service with the aim to input into the of formulation government policy.
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