The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has urged the Ghanaian government to make sure that any decision and concrete requirements that may be reached with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) prevent GMet from hiring additional employees.
Felicity Ahafianyo, the chief forecaster at GMet, claims that there are now too few employees working for the Ghana Meteorological Agency, which needs roughly 1,500 people statewide.
She told Alfred Ocansey on 3FM Sunrise Morning Show, that any decision to freeze public sector employment as a result of the IMF’s program will have a dire consequence on the work of the agency since they are already under staffed, thereby putting heavy work burden on the few workers.
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The IMF staff team, led by Carlo Sdralevich, mission chief for Ghana, is in Ghana to begin initial discussions with the Ghanaian authorities about a possible IMF-supported programme.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is chairing the task force for the engagement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said.
The Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta and his team are leading the data-sharing exercise during the engagements, he added.
The data-sharing, he explained, will determine what Ghana is qualified for and what it is not qualified for under the programme.
Various labour unions and organisations such as the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and University Teachers Association (UTAG) have made similar appeals to the government not to freeze public sector employment.
