Staff of the National Lottery Authority (NLA) have accused management of leaving employees to bear the impact of tax irregularities that have resulted in an average 11% reduction in their salaries.

The development comes as NLA staff remain on strike, with the workers also demanding the removal of Director-General Alhaji Mohammed Abdul-Salam.

Murphy Adu-Kwao, Local Union Secretary of the FBSEU of NLA, in a phone interview on UTV's Adekye Nsroma, acknowledged President John Mahama had intervened on behalf of Organised Labour and civil servants to secure a nine per cent salary increment.

However, he said the increment had not prevented workers from earning less than they did in 2024.

“This is the situation all NLA staff are facing. The short explanation is, the management in charge of handling taxes says there was an issue with the income tax deduction and the Ghana Revenue Authority has issued a caution and this, according them, led to reducing our salaries,” he explained.

Mr Adu-Kwao said the reduction had averaged 11 per cent.

“It was a difficult situation for us,” he bemoaned.

He said the union was concerned that workers were being made to bear the consequences of what it considered management’s tax-related negligence, despite salaries going through a strict validation process.

“This means all the negotiations done over the years has amounted to nothing,” he remarked.

He said a review of a Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) report by the union showed that the tax irregularities had occurred intermittently over the years.

The union has since engaged management and demanded a 25 per cent upward adjustment in salaries to compensate workers for the reduction, but Mr Adu-Kwao said no resolution had been reached.

The NLA workers remain on strike, with the removal of the Director-General among their key demands.