Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG)
The government-appointed assembly members have faced threats from the to be expelled from the organization.
CLOGSAG claims that the Supreme Court’s decision requiring them to maintain their impartiality is at odds with their recent appointments.
The following are only a few of the points made in the Supreme Court’s neutrality ruling: “Public Officers, which includes Civil Servants, are enjoined to avoid conflict of interest situations in the performance of their official duties.”
The Executive Secretary of CLOGSAG, Isaac Bampoe-Addo, released a press statement on Friday, February 23, 2024, saying that the Government Appointees to the Assemblies who are either Civil Service or Local Government Service staff should honourably retire or else CLOGSAG will smoke them out.
The Supreme Court had ruled that, “… on a true and proper interpretation of Articles 12(2), 21(1)(a) and (d), 21(3), 35(6), 55(1), (2) and (10) and 284 of the Constitution, a member of the Civil Service or Local Government Service does not have the right to remain a member of the Civil Service or Local Government Service after being sworn in as a member of a District Assembly.” (WRIT NO. 11/16/2016, 14T0 JUNE, 2017).”
Members were exhorted by CLOGSAG to “abide by the Supreme Court Ruling on Neutrality,” noting that the organisation will not compromise on the public’s sense of neutrality.“
In light of this, the Association urged that the Government “revoke the appointments of the staff of the Civil Service and the Local Government Service who have been sworn in as Assembly members as these appointments are in contravention of the Supreme Court Ruling on Neutrality.”
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