Fair Wages and Salaries Commission

Another window has been opened for us to engage government on the fifth tier.

And the most penultimate one, the most important one had to do with the market premium, which yesterday we had a letter from Fair Wages and Salaries Commission affirming, uh, work that they have done.

So at next meeting this morning-

Mm-hmm

So the Minister of Education opened a flag, a gateway for us to engage-- or engage other stakeholders, um, on, on several- On several occasions, we had opportunity to meet with his team and, uh, agencies within his ministry.

And this has been very helpful in addressing our issues.

I think he also facilitated the op-- the work for us to meet with the minister of finance to share our grievances with him and the chief executive officer of Fair Wages and Salaries Commission.

The-- we must also, um, appreciate and express our gratitude to the minister of finance and the chief executive officer of Fair Wages and the minister of labor.

sɛOma te ya se na oma kyere akoma Ministry of Finance de yɛ ka no, woma nye ma yɛn.

Ehyia yɛ no, yɛde tutul, yɛde yɛ kyɔ twa yɛ adwene no, ehu sɛ ɛnnɛ de yi, Fair Wages and Salaries Commission ehyia, ejuma yɛfo nyinaa akɛn yi fo, na yɛahyɛ 2027 no, eh, de yɛfɛ ne base pay.

[akokosore] Ejima efɛ!

Eti sɛ, ɛwɔ sɛ sɛ ejuma yi, woma ye wie na womade mma aban, especially Ministry of Finance, na wode ka next year, 2027 budget fuo, na oma te ayɛ saa budget yi hwɛ ejuma, de akɔ Parliament.

My colleague Collins Frimpong was at that particular meeting and is joining us in the studio with the very latest.

Uh, Collins, what exactly has the minister directed GTEC and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission to do?

So first of all, there are eight demands from GAWA, and according to the minister, government has a- already agreed to four major of them, and some of them include which falls within Fair Wages and Salaries Commission's, um, jurisdiction.

He said that the matter with regards to their market premium has been directed to Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, which they expect that the commission will address the situation in the coming days.

He also disclosed that the finance minister had issued clearance for the payment of the one-off research allowance, which is also within the Comptroller and Accountant General's department's jurisdiction, which they are finalizing process to get the matter done.

And finally, he also revealed that the finance minister had approved a 40% adjustment to the market premium and non-basic allowances.

Can be resolved and will be resolved immediately, including the Ministry of Education expediting action through GTEC to request all public universities to extend retirement rollover to all senior members have- as have been their practice.

That we can do, and that we assure you that we would do.

Now thousands of students expected to begin their 2026-2027 academic year today have been left in limbo after some public universities including University of Ghana and KNUST postponed reopening indefinitely due to the strike by university administrators.

It is unclear when their issues will be resolved after meeting the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission rendered no agreement.

There is more in the following report.

Since the strike, auditing, accounting, IT services, staff recruitment and welfare, admission processes, legal services have all come to a standstill.

to the issue of speed of time to be able to address the issue.

Both the Ministry of Education, the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, and the Comptroller and Accountant General Department are very much aware of the impact their strike is having on academic activities at the universities.

And they are working to ensure that they are able to attend to their issues.

They have not been neglected.