All government employee promotions who have been given “last minute” promotions by the outgoing NPP administration will be reversed by the incoming government, Chairman of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has said.
He also adds that “last minute” appointments in the government sector will also be terminated, if investigations prove that they were made illegally.
The National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) National Chairman was speaking at a victory rally in Sunyani Friday, December 20, 2024, when he made the comments.
He alleged that information available to him indicates that last week alone, the NPP government issued about 10,000 appointment letters and promoted several government officials in public institutions and agencies.
He questioned the NPP government’s motive for undertaking such last-minute decisions.
The NDC Chairman mentioned institutions like the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), the Customers Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), and the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) as some of the places the NDC has gathered information about these “last-minute” appointments and promotions.
He alleged that the outgoing government had backdated some of the appointment letters to “cover up their illegal activities.”
He further alleged that the government had also promoted some government officials believed to be members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who were not due for promotions.
Asiedu Nketia was of the opinion that the promoters were planted in the offices and agencies to occupy high positions to cover up the rot of the outgoing government.
“All those who illegally gain recruitment and promotions in the public institutions and agencies will be terminated or reversed,” he said.
He also threatened that any government official who played a role in the “fake” recruitment and promotions would be sacked from office if he or she failed to defend or explain themselves.
