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Civil servants reject government's offer
30 May 2012 at 18:21hrs | Views
Civil servants have rejected government's offer to be part of a resource tracking team that will gather information on the economic performance of the country before their salaries could be adjusted.
The Apex Council, which has since convened a meeting and agreed to pull out of the committee, says its members have realised that government wants to use the process as an excuse to further delay salary negotiations.
Some of the negotiators said they realised that they do not have the investigative capacity to closely monitor how these different government sectors are performing and neither do they have the resources to do so.
They say it is the mandate of government to source funds for its workers.
"Government wants to prolong adjusting our salaries by involving us in this cumbersome process," said Mr Raymond Majongwe, who is the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) Secretary General.
Others said there is no guarantee that the figures they will get from the different sectors would be justified as they are not guaranteed of getting the authentic figures.
The resource tracking committee was formed under Section 6 of Statutory Instrument 101 of 1997 and entails civil servants representatives together with government representatives to gather information on the economic performance of the country.
It also involves that they visit government sectors such as mining, tourism, immigration and others where they would assess their performance and how much revenue they are getting.
The Apex Council, which has since convened a meeting and agreed to pull out of the committee, says its members have realised that government wants to use the process as an excuse to further delay salary negotiations.
Some of the negotiators said they realised that they do not have the investigative capacity to closely monitor how these different government sectors are performing and neither do they have the resources to do so.
They say it is the mandate of government to source funds for its workers.
"Government wants to prolong adjusting our salaries by involving us in this cumbersome process," said Mr Raymond Majongwe, who is the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) Secretary General.
Others said there is no guarantee that the figures they will get from the different sectors would be justified as they are not guaranteed of getting the authentic figures.
The resource tracking committee was formed under Section 6 of Statutory Instrument 101 of 1997 and entails civil servants representatives together with government representatives to gather information on the economic performance of the country.
It also involves that they visit government sectors such as mining, tourism, immigration and others where they would assess their performance and how much revenue they are getting.
Source - zbc
