THE Civil Servants Association of Ghana has adopted a new name — the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana — in a communiqué issued by the association at the end of a one-day extraordinary delegates’ congress held at the Bunso Cocoa College in the Eastern Region.
The new name, according to the association, had become necessary, since the inclusion of the word “servants” in the old name was a colonial relic that had, over the years, made civil and local government workers servants compelled to obey the instructions of governments.
It also explained that the new name would firmly unite civil and local government workers in a formidable body to effectively bargain with governments on enhanced salaries and conditions of service.
The one-page, five-paragraph communiqué reads, “Civil Servants Association, Ghana, having met at an extraordinary delegates’ congress held at the Cocoa College, Bunso in the Eastern Region of Ghana, having deliberated on a very critical issue regarding the membership of the association, especially in the area of retaining the current membership and also attracting more members, hereby issue this communiqué that the association be named and called Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana this day of September 26, 2009.”
The communiqué, which was read by the National President of the association, Nii Robertson Akwei Allotey, said the new name had taken cognisance of the fact that civil servants who were found in both central and local government structures were one and the same workers and should be considered as such.
It, therefore, directed all civil servants in both central and local authorities to take note and act accordingly.
It also called on all civil and local government workers to re-dedicate themselves to hard work and diligence, respect the codes and ethics, rules and regulations of the service and continue to cultivate the “can-do” attitude in order to increase productivity for national development.
“You are further enjoined to take advantage of the numerous attractive welfare schemes of the association to enhance your livelihoods and empower you to live decent and comparable lives,” the communiqué concluded.
Earlier, the delegates, who were drawn from all parts of the country, had spent nearly two hours deliberating on the issue of change of name, during which all the speakers stressed the need to do away with the word “servants” which, according to them, was adopted by the colonial rulers to make civil and local government workers slaves who were at all times obliged to obey their masters.
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