Municipal Chief Executive for Bawku, Amadu Hamza has explained why the Municipal authorities were hesitant in accepting transfers to the areas despite it lacking essential service providers.
Mass exodus of workers including teachers and healthcare providers hit the area in the last 3 years following the renewal of the protracted conflict.
But as many workers fled the place, many more sought transfer there, Amadu said.
The Municipal authorities, however, realized a trend with the transfers to the area.
Most of them after their requests for transfer had been granted, he stated, abandoned duty to engage in their personal endeavours including further studies.
As a result, Municipal authorities were hesitant in accepting transfers to the Municipality even though there few or no essential service providers especially health workers in the area.
“A lot of people have left the place. Nonetheless, you would see people who want to come to Bawku. We were very cautious about bringing them to Bawku because there was a trick that some of the health workers used”.
He continued, “The hidden motive is that the person wants to go for further studies. So they come then use the security situation and they don’t cone to come. The time you realize the person is doing degree nursing or midwifery at UDS”.
The authorities, he said, have since put in place measures to check the trend and replaced the vacant positions created due to the mass exodus.
“So the Ghana Health Service in the region together with the Bawku one (Health Directorate) and we have put certain measures in place to check that. So we were a bit hesitant in granting transfers to persons who want to come to Bawku to work”.
He is, however, lamenting the failure of some workers show up for work for more than two years now.
