Mahama, ministers lose over Ghc700,000 in 10% pay cut

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Babe 10 years ago

10% cut is way too low for a group of lazy scums.

10% cut is way too low for a group of lazy scums.
Nana 10 years ago

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OLD SOLDIER 10 years ago

Author: Gye Nyame...
This is the way the administration flows, they are only apologizing because the 91 year old decided that she was not going to take it lying down, other wise they would have rolled over her and done the c ...
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Author: Gye Nyame...
This is the way the administration flows, they are only apologizing because the 91 year old decided that she was not going to take it lying down, other wise they would have rolled over her and done the change. Shame on Vanderpuije and the whole administration. You did it to Ohene Djan and now to this sweet old lady. Hurray to Theodosia for standing up and speaking up.
Ghanaians should take a cue from this old lady and protest the evil, corruption, and hardships in the society. BRAVO Theodosia!!!!!!
GHFUO, be serious & change ur thinkin 10 years ago

GH MPS ARE THE 3RD HIGHEST PAID OF ALL MPS IN THE WORLD. YET, LOOK AT THE SURROUNDINGS IN GH? DIRTY, FILTH, NO PLANNING, NO INFRASTRUCTURE...WE GO FOR AID...

GH MPS ARE THE 3RD HIGHEST PAID OF ALL MPS IN THE WORLD. YET, LOOK AT THE SURROUNDINGS IN GH? DIRTY, FILTH, NO PLANNING, NO INFRASTRUCTURE...WE GO FOR AID...
arnold 10 years ago

The should get rid of many useless MP’S and that would do it.

The should get rid of many useless MP’S and that would do it.
facts 10 years ago

Compare this GHc700,000 to the amount ghanaians in the diaspora send to ghana annualy, yet they don't have a vote in selecting even the president of Ghana. What a country to which we belong!

Compare this GHc700,000 to the amount ghanaians in the diaspora send to ghana annualy, yet they don't have a vote in selecting even the president of Ghana. What a country to which we belong!
Gye Nyame 10 years ago

As always throwing dust in our eyes using words like sacrificing. What sacrifice are we talking about? Didn't Terkper know the state of the economy before giving the big raises to Mahama, appointees and MPs recently? This is ...
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As always throwing dust in our eyes using words like sacrificing. What sacrifice are we talking about? Didn't Terkper know the state of the economy before giving the big raises to Mahama, appointees and MPs recently? This is the incompetency of this administation they implement without proper planning and considerations then try to pull back when things start crumbling. The people are being taxed like crazy, businesses are suffering and yet they claim appointees are sacrificing. How do their salaries compare to the real worker bees in the ministries? What a country!
Yamba 10 years ago

Unfortunately some Ghanaians are complaining that 10% is too low. Who else wants to offer 10% of his salary? TUC ? Did you hear the NPP MP say not even 5%. Show appreciation.

Unfortunately some Ghanaians are complaining that 10% is too low. Who else wants to offer 10% of his salary? TUC ? Did you hear the NPP MP say not even 5%. Show appreciation.
bbb 10 years ago

10% cut in corruption -> millions
10% cut in salaries -> thousands

mahama take action on corruption

10% cut in corruption -> millions
10% cut in salaries -> thousands

mahama take action on corruption
KKK 10 years ago

WE ARE NOT SERIOUS IN GHANA AT ALL.

WE ARE NOT SERIOUS IN GHANA AT ALL.
WOYOME 10 years ago

THESE ARE ALL GIMMICKS! UNCLE ATTA INCREASED AND DECREASED PETROL PRICE MAHAMA INCREASED AND DECREASED SALARIES. ONLY FOOLS CANNOT UNDERSTAND THAT THE FINAL FIGURES HAS BEEN WHAT WAS TARGETED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THESE ARE ALL GIMMICKS! UNCLE ATTA INCREASED AND DECREASED PETROL PRICE MAHAMA INCREASED AND DECREASED SALARIES. ONLY FOOLS CANNOT UNDERSTAND THAT THE FINAL FIGURES HAS BEEN WHAT WAS TARGETED IN THE FIRST PLACE.
a consern foreigner 10 years ago

its these hoodlums that want all to think thay are doing anything good, they dont even pay for there own petrol when these so called leaders go hiking with the cars that the Ghanian people also payed for, these thifs think th ...
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its these hoodlums that want all to think thay are doing anything good, they dont even pay for there own petrol when these so called leaders go hiking with the cars that the Ghanian people also payed for, these thifs think they have the right to get what ever they want, and they think its right to send the bill for what ever to the alredy struggeling Ghanians,,,discusting and mind my words, they will pay one day, when God ask them....Why?
Yaw 10 years ago

WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN WOYOME, ISOFOTON, AND OTHER CORRUPT PRACTICE IN YOUR ADMINISTRATION

WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN WOYOME, ISOFOTON, AND OTHER CORRUPT PRACTICE IN YOUR ADMINISTRATION
CYNTHIA 10 years ago

heehheeeehheheheee...hahahahahaaaaa.....what manner of joke is this,,,,,,,ndc allows woyome to walk away with 51.2 million ghc, waterville to walk away with 84 million euros,.....and now gyeeda, sada, rlg-govt criminal collus ...
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heehheeeehheheheee...hahahahahaaaaa.....what manner of joke is this,,,,,,,ndc allows woyome to walk away with 51.2 million ghc, waterville to walk away with 84 million euros,.....and now gyeeda, sada, rlg-govt criminal collusion....etc etc......and now they turn around to create this comic show by saying that they are cutting their salaries by 10 % eeebeiiii......it is only shallow and narrow minded ghanaians who will be deceived by this 419.....TELL JOHN MAHAMA TO RETRIEVE OUR STOLEN MONIES FROM HIS CRONIES AND GHANA WILL BE MUCH MUCH BETTER OFF WITHOUT THAT CONCERT SHOW THEY ARE ENACTING RIGHT NOW..........THIEVES..WOLVES,,,,SHARKS,,,,,,VAMPIRES....
Nurideen a patriotic citizen 10 years ago

we are in the 21st century no government can fool us with the idea of cutting down ministers salaries for developmental projects, are you therefore saying the over corrupt government has sconded all our money now trying to so ...
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we are in the 21st century no government can fool us with the idea of cutting down ministers salaries for developmental projects, are you therefore saying the over corrupt government has sconded all our money now trying to solicit funds from his ministers to wayomis we the citizens. pls no your citizens are not death and dump
YAKUBU 10 years ago

This is the most corrupt institutionalized rip off of the taxpayer yet, by this thieving NDC gov't. You jack up your salaries, back date it from 2009, clear the treasury, set up "a special fund", in which you all contribute, ...
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This is the most corrupt institutionalized rip off of the taxpayer yet, by this thieving NDC gov't. You jack up your salaries, back date it from 2009, clear the treasury, set up "a special fund", in which you all contribute, invest the funds, reinvest and use it for "special projects", not backed by law or by the constitution or backed by a legislative instrument by going through parliament. Who manages the "special fund". Is it not a election campaign fund that has effectively been created, since the masses are up in arms against the plain and blatant looting of the state purse? This "special fund" for "special projects" needs to be looked into by parliament, requires the attention of think tanks, policy organizations, the media, to ensure that, the looting frenzy which is now being channeled via all sorts of convoluted means akin to money laundering is curtailed with alacrity.
ASIEDU NKETIA 10 years ago

10% pay-cut will only earn government only 80,000 cedis a months while millions are stolen through dubious means. These tricks are only good for class one children. These thieves think they can thrown dust it the eyes of gull ...
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10% pay-cut will only earn government only 80,000 cedis a months while millions are stolen through dubious means. These tricks are only good for class one children. These thieves think they can thrown dust it the eyes of gullible Ghanaians
ASIEDU NKETIA 10 years ago

10% pay-cut will only earn government only 80,000 cedis a months while millions are stolen through dubious means. These tricks are only good for class one children. These thieves think they can thrown dust it the eyes of gull ...
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10% pay-cut will only earn government only 80,000 cedis a months while millions are stolen through dubious means. These tricks are only good for class one children. These thieves think they can thrown dust it the eyes of gullible Ghanaians
ASIEDU NKETIA 10 years ago

10% pay-cut will only earn government only 80,000 cedis a months while millions are stolen through dubious means. These tricks are only good for class one children. These thieves think they can thrown dust it the eyes of gull ...
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10% pay-cut will only earn government only 80,000 cedis a months while millions are stolen through dubious means. These tricks are only good for class one children. These thieves think they can thrown dust it the eyes of gullible Ghanaians
ASIEDU NKETIA 10 years ago

10% pay-cut will only earn government only 80,000 cedis a months while millions are stolen through dubious means. These tricks are only good for class one children. These thieves think they can thrown dust it the eyes of gull ...
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10% pay-cut will only earn government only 80,000 cedis a months while millions are stolen through dubious means. These tricks are only good for class one children. These thieves think they can thrown dust it the eyes of gullible Ghanaians
kofi 10 years ago

Criminals get away with serious offences against the country with just a slap on the wrist, so is this meant to redicule the poor? We are breaking our backs on our cocoa farms to keep this ship afloat, but it is leaking badly ...
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Criminals get away with serious offences against the country with just a slap on the wrist, so is this meant to redicule the poor? We are breaking our backs on our cocoa farms to keep this ship afloat, but it is leaking badly, pls Mahama do not take our critisms for hatred for your government, because some of your ministers are wolves in sheep skin. We need you to tackle corrupting from the roots not the surface, Increase the punishment and reward informants handsomely
GOVERNOR 10 years ago

A minister takes 8000 cedis whiles his/her teacher is taking below 2000 cedis a month...funny country...

A minister takes 8000 cedis whiles his/her teacher is taking below 2000 cedis a month...funny country...
kojo 10 years ago

The university graduate with masters degree takes home just 1, 000 thousand cedis. look at the difference. Politicians are cheats.

The university graduate with masters degree takes home just 1, 000 thousand cedis. look at the difference. Politicians are cheats.
Cmireku 10 years ago

May God Help Ghana

May God Help Ghana
Mara 10 years ago

Toilets and clean water. Ghanaians can no longer carry buckets of dirty river water and go to toilets in gutters.

Toilets and clean water. Ghanaians can no longer carry buckets of dirty river water and go to toilets in gutters.
Yaw 10 years ago

So for a Ghanaian/African politician claiming to give up 10% of his/her salary should be a headline news.
Well not for me because that amount will be recouped about 100 times more from somewhere at the expense of the state s ...
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So for a Ghanaian/African politician claiming to give up 10% of his/her salary should be a headline news.
Well not for me because that amount will be recouped about 100 times more from somewhere at the expense of the state so nobody should buy such a political stunt.
I or we expect anybody working and doing it right should be paid accordingly and for that matter,this so-called 10% cut is politically motivated and must be treated with all scepticism.
What i/Ghanaians expect from our politicians,is honesty and stop to channelling the state's funds abroad buying properties for their girl friends and others al over the globe.
Perhaps i should remind members of the current government that their party NDC was born out of the most brutal regimes of AFRC/PNDC which ceased power,murdered and confiscated people's money and properties only to do worse.
Your pretences know no bounds so stop deceiving and fooling us.
What needs doing is improvement in all sectors of our nation like infrastructure,health services,education,agriculture,manufacturing,living standard of the the populace etc,etc and not this dust throwing in the eyes of most Ghanaians who are ignorant.
Min 10 years ago

This is a whole lot of gimmick. What is 700000 to these Ministers etc. This represents one simple deal for them so they fel no punch of sacrifice.

This is a whole lot of gimmick. What is 700000 to these Ministers etc. This represents one simple deal for them so they fel no punch of sacrifice.
Sankofa 10 years ago

Is it really true there are almost 80 ministers? What exactly do they do besides looking for opportunities to travel overseas so they can line their pockets with dollars. Ghana needs no more than 12 cabinet ministers and 20 d ...
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Is it really true there are almost 80 ministers? What exactly do they do besides looking for opportunities to travel overseas so they can line their pockets with dollars. Ghana needs no more than 12 cabinet ministers and 20 deputies with no regional ministers. The surest way to find money for Ghana's development is to reduce the waste and eliminate corruption. That alone will make at least $1 billion available to the country each and every year.
B-WISE 10 years ago

Does the 10% also affect their allowances??? We have been given some figures representing their salaries. Can we also have the total allowances they earn per month?

Does the 10% also affect their allowances??? We have been given some figures representing their salaries. Can we also have the total allowances they earn per month?
LANDITO 10 years ago

FELLOW GHANAIAN, AS PART OF THE 10% DECREASE IN SALARIES OF PRESIDENT, VICE, MINISTERS AND APPOINTEES, THE NATION WILL SAVE GHC 700,000 A MONTH GOOD. 90% BEING TAKEN HOME BY THE SAME PEOPLE EVERY MONTH IS GHC 63,000,000. FROM ...
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FELLOW GHANAIAN, AS PART OF THE 10% DECREASE IN SALARIES OF PRESIDENT, VICE, MINISTERS AND APPOINTEES, THE NATION WILL SAVE GHC 700,000 A MONTH GOOD. 90% BEING TAKEN HOME BY THE SAME PEOPLE EVERY MONTH IS GHC 63,000,000. FROM JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR. the total amount paid to them is GHC567,000,000 for doing nothing. because, health insurance, school feeding,maternal care are all in limbo. have a look at the sofolane inter-change,Kumasi-Accra road etc are all also in standstill. OH MOTHER GHANA! DAMIRIFA DUE.BUT REMEMBER, THERE IS GOING TO BE A PAY DAY FOR EVERYONE ACCORDING TO YOUR DEEDS. TIME WILL TELL.
Divine 10 years ago

look at that.just 10% cut would generate GHc768,000.00 a yr.look at the huge salaries they take.in ghana the group of workers who dont do any serious work and are lazy re the politicians.25% cut would really do the country mu ...
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look at that.just 10% cut would generate GHc768,000.00 a yr.look at the huge salaries they take.in ghana the group of workers who dont do any serious work and are lazy re the politicians.25% cut would really do the country much help.
abena 10 years ago

More dollar millionaires in the making

More dollar millionaires in the making
Analyst 10 years ago

There are more appointees of the President this report failed to consider. For instance DCEs/MCEs. The savings will be more than what this writer estimates.

There are more appointees of the President this report failed to consider. For instance DCEs/MCEs. The savings will be more than what this writer estimates.
Amonana 10 years ago

First I recommend the president for doing that, however, without published salaries of all these appointees I will not believe in this. Also, if Ghana is saving over GHC700,000 from this gesture, then it make real sense to dr ...
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First I recommend the president for doing that, however, without published salaries of all these appointees I will not believe in this. Also, if Ghana is saving over GHC700,000 from this gesture, then it make real sense to drastically reduce the number of ministers to 15. After all, they cannot do anything without President directing or instructing them.
Ide be good but tackle corruption 10 years ago

GOOD GESTURE AND MORE SYMBOLIC. NOW TACKLE THE MUCH BIGGER ISSUES OF CORRUPTION AMONG FRIENDS FAMILY AND CRONIES OF THE PRESIDENT, INFLATED CONTRACTS, JUDGEMENT DEBTS AND ALL THE OTHER PRESSING MATTERS THAT WILL GET THE COUNT ...
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GOOD GESTURE AND MORE SYMBOLIC. NOW TACKLE THE MUCH BIGGER ISSUES OF CORRUPTION AMONG FRIENDS FAMILY AND CRONIES OF THE PRESIDENT, INFLATED CONTRACTS, JUDGEMENT DEBTS AND ALL THE OTHER PRESSING MATTERS THAT WILL GET THE COUNTRY BACK 100'S OF MILLIONS TO ADD TO THE SAVINGS FROM THE PAY CUTS OF 768,000
BE BOLD 10 years ago

Ifyou steal billions and give back 10% of a meagre salary, you only fool idiots. Theft is ongoing within the administration and this 10% will be ragained somehow, fools!

Ifyou steal billions and give back 10% of a meagre salary, you only fool idiots. Theft is ongoing within the administration and this 10% will be ragained somehow, fools!
Naana 10 years ago

If Vic wanted to steal $1m, would you be surprised if Mahama targets $1b? This 10% thing is to fool non-thinking minds. Let them take their full salary & rather fix their corruption problem. Gh would save a billion dollars, n ...
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If Vic wanted to steal $1m, would you be surprised if Mahama targets $1b? This 10% thing is to fool non-thinking minds. Let them take their full salary & rather fix their corruption problem. Gh would save a billion dollars, not this funny GHS700,000. Boiz abr3
VICKY LEE BENTON 10 years ago

WHY NOT WORK WITHOUT PAY ? YOU ALL ARE RICH ANYWAY, YOU'VE BEEN LOOTING THE COUNTRY FOR TOO LONG.
STUPID POLITICIAN'S.

WHY NOT WORK WITHOUT PAY ? YOU ALL ARE RICH ANYWAY, YOU'VE BEEN LOOTING THE COUNTRY FOR TOO LONG.
STUPID POLITICIAN'S.
Majele Gbeke Kofie Mawuko 10 years ago

The Taliban will bomb without notice but we the youth will deal with notice and we will not fail. This will only happen if you have a mouth smelling thief from the north in charge.

The Taliban will bomb without notice but we the youth will deal with notice and we will not fail. This will only happen if you have a mouth smelling thief from the north in charge.
Majele Gbeke Kofie Mawuko 10 years ago

The Taliban will bomb without notice but we the youth will deal with notice and we will not fail. This will only happen if you have a mouth smelling thief from the north in charge.

The Taliban will bomb without notice but we the youth will deal with notice and we will not fail. This will only happen if you have a mouth smelling thief from the north in charge.
Omanbeyeyie 10 years ago

These MP,s dont deserves 7,200Ghc per month,The 10% cut is a propagada, how much are they steeling from the government couffers,from the harbour,Airport, on the roads,they should keep their money and manage to eradicate corru ...
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These MP,s dont deserves 7,200Ghc per month,The 10% cut is a propagada, how much are they steeling from the government couffers,from the harbour,Airport, on the roads,they should keep their money and manage to eradicate corruption
ALHAJI KANO 10 years ago

IS IT 10% PER MONTH OR THE 10% PER ANNUAL,WHAT A PITY THIS IS NOTHING KOFI WAYO IS A BIG FOOL.OUT OF I44,000 HE IS POCKETING ALMOST 139,000 IS TOO MUCH FOR A PRESIDENT WHO CANNOT TAKE DECISIONS.IT IS JUST STEALING PETER TO PA ...
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IS IT 10% PER MONTH OR THE 10% PER ANNUAL,WHAT A PITY THIS IS NOTHING KOFI WAYO IS A BIG FOOL.OUT OF I44,000 HE IS POCKETING ALMOST 139,000 IS TOO MUCH FOR A PRESIDENT WHO CANNOT TAKE DECISIONS.IT IS JUST STEALING PETER TO PAY PAUL.THIS EXCLUDING BONUS,NAKED ROBBERY

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