A political lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo has written an open letter to the Government Statistician.
His letter follows the claims made by the Government Statistician Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, that workers in the public sector are generally overpaid for work done.
In a post shared on his official Facebook page on Monday, 6th June 2022, Prof Gyampo wrote that he is a University Teacher and the Secretary of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), the University of Ghana branch. But he is writing in his personal capacity as a public servant.
“I know the bigger body to which I belong, will interrogate and soon write. But I am writing ahead because my passion for labor interest in Ghana, dictates that I strike when the iron is hot.” Prof Wrote
According to Prof Gyampo he has noted with great concern, the contents of Prof. Samuel Kobina Annim’s inaugural lecture which lumped all public servants together and , indicated that they receive more than they produce.Â
He said that as academician, the government Statistician is well aware that such categorical assertions can only be made after empirical studies of the broader population of public servants, noting their their heterogeneous features, competences, expertise and different lines of job descriptions. Unfortunately, your lecture does not appear to have done these. Prof Gyampo said.
” Sir, until your political appointment as Government Statistician, you were a University Teacher too and you know we work more than we earn. Teachers produce nation builders like you, the Government Statistician, and undertake evidence-based research that provides the basis for meaningful policy making in Ghana. Yet we are paid pittance, and mocked that our very hard work is rewardable only in heaven. The outspoken Gyampo refered the government Statistician.
Prof quizzed that with their lecture rooms overcrowded and understaffed, respectfully, how did you measure productivity?
How did you measure productivity when lecturers are striving to teach with near non-existent laboratory equipment, basic teaching aids and buying reagents themselves from their own pocket?
“Per your assertion, is the seat of Government also earning more than it produces? There are different categories of public servants and you cannot lump all of them together. You could have nuanced your assertion in a manner that would have escaped the danger of committing the fallacy of converse accident. Prof Ransford Gyampo said.
Prof Gyampo ended by saying; All public servants who are angered and feel insulted by such a lecture that has served to stir a needless controversy should remain calm. For some of us can assure that, we will fight for better Conditions of Service that reflect their immeasurable output.
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