The Private Sector Should Either Better The Conditions Of Service Of Employees Or Risk Collapse

I know a lot of nurses yet to be absorbed by the health ministry who have found themselves receiving a salary range of 200-500 Ghana cedis a month.

I also know of lots of people with masters degree working full time at lots of private schools(Primary to SHS) under a salary range of 300-600gh a month.

More over, I know of lots of graduates working on contract with lots of financial institutions and other institutions under a salary range of 200-500 Ghana cedis a month.

And the above salary structures for graduates have all been coupled with very poor conditions of service.

From my checks and interview of many nurses yet not absorbed but at home or working with some private health facilities, some of these private health facilities will either have to give these employees of theirs better conditions of service or risk a collapse of their businesses. And it is same trend cutting across the private sectors, it is either owners of such private facilities get their employees better conditions of service or risk collapsing their businesses.

Reason is with the current rapid spring up of both temporal and permanent jobs across the country offering better conditions of service under the President Nana Addo led government, all the employees under private businesses are likely to leave the private sector soon, unless the private sector compete properly with the public sector in terms of better working conditions for their employees.

Graduate unemployment had been very high in Ghana between 2013 and 2016 and the private sector has as a result taken advantage of them as a source of cheap labour.

Thank you
Hhhmm, may God praised always
Nana Kwadwo Akwaa
Member, CTI