We will smoke you out if you don’t resign as Assembly Members – CLOGSAG tells members

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana, (CLOGSAG) has threatened to smoke out its members who have been appointed as assembly members by the government.

According to CLOGSAG, their new appointments conflict with the Supreme Court ruling on the need for them to remain neutral.

“It is important to remind ourselves of the Supreme Court ruling on neutrality, which states among others as follows: “Public Officers, which includes Civil Servants, are enjoined to avoid conflict of interest situations in the performance of their official duties.

“The Government Appointees to the Assemblies who are either Civil Service staff or staff of the Local Government Service should honourably resign or else CLOGSAG will smoke them out,” CLOGSAG said in a press release issued by its Executive Secretary, Isaac Bampoe-Addo on Friday, 23rd February 2024.

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).”

CLOGSAG noted that it would not compromise on the public perception of neutrality and urged members “to abide by the Supreme Court Ruling on Neutrality.”

The Association therefore, called on Government “to 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,” CLOGSAG demanded.