Base pay of public sector workers increased by 10%

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Kwasi KANKAM 10 years ago

The increamemt ofGHc 0.48is an insult toGhanaian workers.

The increamemt ofGHc 0.48is an insult toGhanaian workers.
saibu 10 years ago

mr minister,tell ghanaians the number of times u increase fuel prices be4 coming out with this disappointed base pay?how much do u earn a month?it is shameful.please,pay teachers their incremental credit before schools resum ...
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mr minister,tell ghanaians the number of times u increase fuel prices be4 coming out with this disappointed base pay?how much do u earn a month?it is shameful.please,pay teachers their incremental credit before schools resume or else.
Kay 10 years ago

say it again. Posterity will judge us all. u increase taxes very huge n without fear of de Lord, not even de ordinary citizens whose meagre salary cannot take them to next pay day, 10%, thats an insult.

say it again. Posterity will judge us all. u increase taxes very huge n without fear of de Lord, not even de ordinary citizens whose meagre salary cannot take them to next pay day, 10%, thats an insult.
Gilbert 10 years ago

If the base pay is per hour and working at an average of 160hrs per month, means a base monthly pay of 851.20 GHC. This excludes all other allowances. Meaning teachers earn at least 1000 GHC a month I believe its not bad at a ...
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If the base pay is per hour and working at an average of 160hrs per month, means a base monthly pay of 851.20 GHC. This excludes all other allowances. Meaning teachers earn at least 1000 GHC a month I believe its not bad at all!
Why are they crying again?
Honestman 10 years ago

You are wrong! the GHC5.32 is for the whole day (8 hrs)

You are wrong! the GHC5.32 is for the whole day (8 hrs)
ACA 10 years ago

Before tax and deductions.

Before tax and deductions.
Rans F 10 years ago

You probably must be cooling off in the Whiteman's country! Some workers still earn less than GHC 50 a month, after tax!!

You probably must be cooling off in the Whiteman's country! Some workers still earn less than GHC 50 a month, after tax!!
Al-Truism 10 years ago

Note that the increment is minute, therefore workers contributions too would be so.This is to ensure EQUITY for cutting the cake according to your so-called size.

Note that the increment is minute, therefore workers contributions too would be so.This is to ensure EQUITY for cutting the cake according to your so-called size.
Honestman 10 years ago

Base pay up 10% and yet utilities to go up by over 160%. Ghana for you! Why wouldn't opportune Ghanaians want to be politicians so they can steal. Why won't government/employers pretend to be paying workers and workers preten ...
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Base pay up 10% and yet utilities to go up by over 160%. Ghana for you! Why wouldn't opportune Ghanaians want to be politicians so they can steal. Why won't government/employers pretend to be paying workers and workers pretending to be working (courtesy Ex. president Kufuor). GHC5.32 /day... This cannot pay for a plate of decent meal
AKWASIA ADDAE 10 years ago

THEY SHOULD EXPLAIN TO US DOES THIS 10% DIFFERENT FROM THE 17% THE GOVERNMENT ANOUNCE ON THE 1ST MAY SOMEONE SHOULD EXPLAIN TO ME ......

THEY SHOULD EXPLAIN TO US DOES THIS 10% DIFFERENT FROM THE 17% THE GOVERNMENT ANOUNCE ON THE 1ST MAY SOMEONE SHOULD EXPLAIN TO ME ......
YHO 10 years ago

MR NONSENSE MINISTER YOUR ARE NOTHING BUT AMONG THE THIEVES NO EFFECTIVE DATE.

MR NONSENSE MINISTER YOUR ARE NOTHING BUT AMONG THE THIEVES NO EFFECTIVE DATE.
JOE 10 years ago

please l want to know if soldiers are included.the last time you gave 17% and minus the soldiers and now you say 10%,l want to know whether soldiers are included?we are suffereing and no one is thinking about us oh John Maham ...
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please l want to know if soldiers are included.the last time you gave 17% and minus the soldiers and now you say 10%,l want to know whether soldiers are included?we are suffereing and no one is thinking about us oh John Mahama becarefull ooooo,is that what you inherit from ur predecessor John Atta Mils?becarefull or else you ll regrete it
Charles 10 years ago

Pleased, the announcement is not the issue but the implementation.

Pleased, the announcement is not the issue but the implementation.
GHFUO, change ur thinking 10 years ago

WATIS THE HRLY MINIMUM WAGE IN GH? EACH REGION MUST HAVE AN HRLY MINIMUM WAGE. IF THE HRLY MIN WAGE IS HIGH IN NORTHERN REGION, OR BOLGA...MORE PPL WILL MOVE THERE...

WATIS THE HRLY MINIMUM WAGE IN GH? EACH REGION MUST HAVE AN HRLY MINIMUM WAGE. IF THE HRLY MIN WAGE IS HIGH IN NORTHERN REGION, OR BOLGA...MORE PPL WILL MOVE THERE...
JJ 10 years ago

60% OF GHANA REVENUE GENERATED IS USE TO PAY PUBLIC SECTOR SALARIES IS JUST LIKE A TANK WITH SOO MANY HOLES. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH REVENUE GENERATED FROM OIL, GAS COCOA, GOLD AND ALL OTHER RESOURCES, GHANA WILL NEVER HAV ...
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60% OF GHANA REVENUE GENERATED IS USE TO PAY PUBLIC SECTOR SALARIES IS JUST LIKE A TANK WITH SOO MANY HOLES. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH REVENUE GENERATED FROM OIL, GAS COCOA, GOLD AND ALL OTHER RESOURCES, GHANA WILL NEVER HAVE SAVING IN WEALTH FUND IF THE COUNTRY CONTINUE TO HAVE LEADERS WHO WITH ALL EDUCATION CONTINUE TO MISMANAGE THE ECONOMY. EURO BONDS IS JUST LIKE CREDIT CARD, YOU WILL STILL BE HOOK TO CREDITORS FOR GENERATIONS WHILES YOU CONTINUE TO SELL YOUR RESOURCES, LAND, CITIZENS TO FOREIGNERS BY USELESS LEADERS
Shadrach 10 years ago

I DONT KNOW WHEN THIS YOURS SELFFISH INCREASE STARTER .PAY YOURSELF AND END IN HELL WHEN THE CHRIST COMES.

I DONT KNOW WHEN THIS YOURS SELFFISH INCREASE STARTER .PAY YOURSELF AND END IN HELL WHEN THE CHRIST COMES.
CARDINAL 10 years ago

We read in this forum yesterday about three Ghanaian medical students arrest in Cuba for armed robbery. How did this happen with our record of Ghanaian students always behaving properly as good ambassadors of our country desp ...
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We read in this forum yesterday about three Ghanaian medical students arrest in Cuba for armed robbery. How did this happen with our record of Ghanaian students always behaving properly as good ambassadors of our country despite the financial problems they encounter in their various countries of residence? I wrote an article about how these particular students were sent to Cuba by the Vice President to bridge the gap between the Medical Doctors shortage in the Three Northern regions compared to the rest of the country. At least that was what we were told by President Mahama, then Vice President at the time who selected almost just Northerners with few Ewes to for what was supposedly a Cuba scholarship that turned out to be a hoax and Ghanaians were billed $150,000 per each student for 250 students for a six years course. We woke up on April 8, 2014 to read the headlines;

General News of Tuesday, 8 April 2014

Source: myjoyonline.com

Three Ghanaian medical students in jail for robbing in Cuba

"Three Ghanaian medical students studying in Cuba on Government of Ghana scholarship have been arrested for allegedly robbing a hotel.The three, all male, are said to be children of some high level public officials including a deputy minister of state."

The question now is this; President Mahamah, where is the money for these students?

Why did Mahama tell Ghanaians that it will cost Ghana $30,000 for the duration of six years to educate one Ghanaian Doctor in Cuba when he has already billed Ghana for $150,000 per student for the 250 Northern students he sent to Cuba? Even the Cuba government has listed on its website that these students are on Cuba government scholarship, so who is going to pocket the extra 120,000 dollars per student if we have to believe Mahama? Why do we have to pay 37.5 million dollars to educate 250 students when this money if used in Ghana can educate 1500 Doctors Legon and more than 30000 Doctors at KNUST? Can President Mahama address this issue instead of hiding behind lies and innuendos?

On the same website, Kenya also sent almost the same number of medical students to be educated in Cuba at $30,000 per students for six years so why is the President billing Ghana for $150,000 per student for six years?

Was it not even corruption when the President Mahama, then Vice President selected all these students from the three Northern regions with few Ewes from his office? When did the Office of the Vice President become Scholarship Secretariat?

President Mahama has been weaving and boobing like a scared Price Fighter who has been put in a ring against an opponent he would rather not have anything to do with? Does this amoral President who has children out of wedlock all over the place grab the bull by the horn and address a legitimate question about his penchant for signing outrageous contracts with flags flapping around them like a windy city flag in Chicago in December?

Now we are learning that this government has not been able to send the $250 per student monthly stipend to these students so they have resorted to stealing to survive. Who are these students and on what criteria were they chose to go to Cuba for Medical training apart from them being Northerners selected by then Vice President Mahamah from his Vice Presidential Office he had turned to Scholarship Secretariat Annex? Ghanaians need to know and the earlier this President tell us who these students are, the better it will be for him.

Justice Sarpong

(CARDINAL of TRUTH)

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