Economist questions need for 44,000 drivers at Education Service

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Kwesi, Cape Coast 9 years ago

You don't need even 1000 drivers.

You don't need even 1000 drivers.
Asem Beba Dabi 9 years ago

As a member of the ndc govt Dr. Thompson is paid to deal with the problem rather than complain.
By problem with this ndc govt is that they talk too much and do little.
please sb shd remind Nii Moi that he Is no longer a soc ...
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As a member of the ndc govt Dr. Thompson is paid to deal with the problem rather than complain.
By problem with this ndc govt is that they talk too much and do little.
please sb shd remind Nii Moi that he Is no longer a social comentator. He shd roll up his sleeves and get to work, goddamit !
JOHN 9 years ago

Laying people off should start from the top. Don't blame poor drivers for our problems. Reduce the number of ministers first. Reduce the number of ambassadors. Bring the ambassador to the Vatican home. Reduce the number of p ...
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Laying people off should start from the top. Don't blame poor drivers for our problems. Reduce the number of ministers first. Reduce the number of ambassadors. Bring the ambassador to the Vatican home. Reduce the number of presidential advisers. Nii Moi himself must go because there is a minister of Finance and his deputies to advise the president.
CITIZEN ONE 9 years ago

Everybody in Ghana wants a driver. Almost every household in Ghana has a driver, a maid servant and a gardener of some sort.

Please visit the ministries in Accra, and for every Minister or Director and Manager, there is as ...
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Everybody in Ghana wants a driver. Almost every household in Ghana has a driver, a maid servant and a gardener of some sort.

Please visit the ministries in Accra, and for every Minister or Director and Manager, there is assigned at least one driver. These able-bodied men sit around the parking lots, just chit chatting, watching TV or listening to ignorant Twi radio and TV, all day. What a lazy culture! Halh the men in Accra want to drive taxis or Trotros. There are more taxis than pedestrians, and it i so stupefying how one gets blinded by all the Red and Yellow. Everything in Ghana is either Red Clay, Red Gold Green or dark faces. When will God show his/her face and admit to us that he failed us long long ago!

The only drivers we need in Ghana are those qualified to drive machinery for productive work, municipal buses, government services vehicles and private utility trucks. Any other driver besides a private salon owner is a lazy ass person PERIOD!
KWAA 9 years ago

I wonder why a Senior Econmic adviser to the President,will see such a big problem,which is draining the economy,not act,or atleast tell the President to act,but chose to sit on Radio and complain.
I want to know what he wan ...
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I wonder why a Senior Econmic adviser to the President,will see such a big problem,which is draining the economy,not act,or atleast tell the President to act,but chose to sit on Radio and complain.
I want to know what he wants the Government to do about it.
Asem, you are so right,this Government,each one of them from the President to the DCE,they talk too much,without solving any problem.
They know the problems of this Country and why Ghanaians voted for them,but they prefer to complain about what the previous Government didn`t do or have done.
What is this?
See how they have driven the econmy to the wall.
They should stop talking and get down to work.
Mussa wahab, UK 9 years ago

The salary one Minister in Mahama administration can pay the salary of 25 GES Drivers. You are not complaining.

Do you wan to employ the incompetent ministers who are not doing anything as Drivers at the GES?

What is E ...
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The salary one Minister in Mahama administration can pay the salary of 25 GES Drivers. You are not complaining.

Do you wan to employ the incompetent ministers who are not doing anything as Drivers at the GES?

What is Elvis Afriyie Ankrah doing at the Jubilee House? He should come and account for the World Cup moneys.

Nii, pls talk about dat tooo. Okay
Zoobie-Zoobie 9 years ago

waste of limited resources!!!!

waste of limited resources!!!!
Mozato 9 years ago

This is highly incredible. Ghost names are too many in the GES. THIS MEANS FOR EVERY 8 GES employees 1 is a driver. Does it also means GES has 40,000 motor able trucks plying our roads? We need investigation into this.

This is highly incredible. Ghost names are too many in the GES. THIS MEANS FOR EVERY 8 GES employees 1 is a driver. Does it also means GES has 40,000 motor able trucks plying our roads? We need investigation into this.
JJ RAWLINGS 9 years ago

GIVE JOBS TO NDC BOYS DON'T YOU AGREE

GIVE JOBS TO NDC BOYS DON'T YOU AGREE
GHANAian 9 years ago

I am surprised sometimes on where the country's department heads get their thinking from. Common sense and simple strategy are their problem.
Please why don't those Teachers or Professors, or other staff, just go and learn d ...
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I am surprised sometimes on where the country's department heads get their thinking from. Common sense and simple strategy are their problem.
Please why don't those Teachers or Professors, or other staff, just go and learn driving? How long will it take them to learn? Please use common sense.
Tilapia 9 years ago

I will not be misled by (mis)educated illiterates such as Nii Moi Thompson. This man who refers to himself as a doctorate holder, says he "STUMBLED", upon some information that says that the GES hires 44,000 drivers.

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I will not be misled by (mis)educated illiterates such as Nii Moi Thompson. This man who refers to himself as a doctorate holder, says he "STUMBLED", upon some information that says that the GES hires 44,000 drivers.

Without going beyond this information which he 'stumbled' upon, this PHD holder proceeds, without scientifically analyzing the veracity of it, the context of it, the need for it or whether this figure, if true and current, was excessive for the particular purposes for which the drivers had been hired or not.

Like a Black Stars fanatic from Nima, gone berserk about our failure to win a medal at the recent World Cup, Nii Moi overlooks the need to rationalize but instead charges at the GES to dramatizes the information which he 'stumbled' upon to sensationalize an issue which he knows very little or next to nothing about.

Nii Moi Thompson is no better than those penny-half-penny experts from the World Bank and the IMF who together, have collaborated over the past five decades to drive our economy into an abject condition of gloom and failure. In fact he Nii Moi seems to have this same negative condescending and detached attitude just like westerners do, about anything Ghanaian or African. Nii Moi's crime however is more serious because he is just one of us - just another black-assed nigger - well, except for that spurious and annoying false American accent which he employs to make himself visible.

They (Nii Moi and the imperialist institutions) model and pattern our peculiar level of retarded development upon those other economies and societies who have made phenomenal developmental advances based upon the evils of slavery and colonialism. We, fortunately, have not had the luxury or the depraved mind of applying horrendous crimes against humanity to achieve our exclusive ends. We are going about our development the long and hard way and nobody should expect that we will not face difficulties and hurdles.
Zoobie-Zoobie 9 years ago

what's your point? 40000 for what/

what's your point? 40000 for what/
Tilapia 9 years ago

Typical. If you know that this point had indeed been partly confirmed by Tsegah, why is it that you stubbornly claim ignorance of his (Tsegah's) further explanations?

Is it because you, like Nii Moi, just want to find jus ...
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Typical. If you know that this point had indeed been partly confirmed by Tsegah, why is it that you stubbornly claim ignorance of his (Tsegah's) further explanations?

Is it because you, like Nii Moi, just want to find justification where there is none, to castigate Ghanaians?

You have an itching sensation to run-down people without delving into the minutiae of the issues, dont you?
Fairness 9 years ago

I wish you had put the figures here for us to compare.

I wish you had put the figures here for us to compare.
Fairness 9 years ago

I wish you had put the figures of the salaries here for us to compare. It would have helped us to do better analysis.

I wish you had put the figures of the salaries here for us to compare. It would have helped us to do better analysis.
Ekow 9 years ago

How many cars does the GES have?

How many cars does the GES have?
Nat 9 years ago

The economist should calculate the number of secondary schools, training colleges and higher institutions we have in Ghana. If assuming that we have 44,000 schools in Ghana and each school automatically has a school bus, does ...
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The economist should calculate the number of secondary schools, training colleges and higher institutions we have in Ghana. If assuming that we have 44,000 schools in Ghana and each school automatically has a school bus, does he expect the head master of the school to drive the bus? A desperate Economist trying to find fame through konkomba market research.
Akos 9 years ago

Nat, your point is very true. Has anybody tried to find out how many secondary schools, Teacher Training Colleges, etc that we have? There are some Senior High Schools that one driver is just not sufficient and such schools ...
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Nat, your point is very true. Has anybody tried to find out how many secondary schools, Teacher Training Colleges, etc that we have? There are some Senior High Schools that one driver is just not sufficient and such schools would need at least two drivers. So we need to do some Mathematics on this before we can come to certain conclusions.
Zoobie-Zoobie 9 years ago

no wonder Ghana is broke!!!!

no wonder Ghana is broke!!!!
Zoobie-Zoobie 9 years ago

waste of the tax payers' money

waste of the tax payers' money
Ac-Dc Truth 9 years ago

Does the ministry have 44000 vehicle to employ this number of drivers? Something is seriously wrong here. Is it 4400 per each region or what? No wonder the country is broke and everything is falling apart around us.

Does the ministry have 44000 vehicle to employ this number of drivers? Something is seriously wrong here. Is it 4400 per each region or what? No wonder the country is broke and everything is falling apart around us.
Kululu 9 years ago

because of the likes of Ahetso Tsega in public service, holding the office of a director too, who sees nothing wrong with engaging excess labour in an economy that cannot manage itself for want of direction from government's ...
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because of the likes of Ahetso Tsega in public service, holding the office of a director too, who sees nothing wrong with engaging excess labour in an economy that cannot manage itself for want of direction from government's expenditure on its wage bills, Ghana's economic problems is not going to go away soon. Every Public officer wants to be driven by a chauffeurs who are not even respected on their job. This isn't so in rich countries like in Europe and elsewhere, apart from ministers of state, directors and other officers handle their own transport matters to and from work. Some even use bicycle to work.We need to give away some privileges if we are serious at solving the state of our economic nightmares.For political reasons, we are afraid to audit labour as many unproductive manpower could be affected. If rich countries whom we look up to had not been firm at managing such issues, i guess computers and robots of our time would have found no use today, and they would still have been where we are now to date.
NTIKUMA ANANSE 9 years ago

THE AUDIT SERVICE SHOULD DO A HEAD OF ALL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND WEED OUT ALL GHOST NAMES AND FORM NOW ON, THERE SHOULD BE RANDOM, UNANNOUNCED HEAD COUNT OF VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS FROM TIME TO TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL EMPLO ...
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THE AUDIT SERVICE SHOULD DO A HEAD OF ALL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND WEED OUT ALL GHOST NAMES AND FORM NOW ON, THERE SHOULD BE RANDOM, UNANNOUNCED HEAD COUNT OF VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS FROM TIME TO TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL EMPLOYEES ARE LEGITIMATE.
salamatu 9 years ago

told u guys that tsegah was an empty head. listen to his logic. he should answer the question about the number of cars owned by GES. these are the people in power...making foolish decisions on behalf of the country. sad.. ...
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told u guys that tsegah was an empty head. listen to his logic. he should answer the question about the number of cars owned by GES. these are the people in power...making foolish decisions on behalf of the country. sad........
Timothy 9 years ago

Empty-headed??? I dont think so...See how Aheto becomes AGGRESIVELY DEFENSIVE after such an innocuous comment from Dr. Thompson?There must be a very good reason for this. Dr. Thompson is trying to tread on in-built CHOP CHOP. ...
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Empty-headed??? I dont think so...See how Aheto becomes AGGRESIVELY DEFENSIVE after such an innocuous comment from Dr. Thompson?There must be a very good reason for this. Dr. Thompson is trying to tread on in-built CHOP CHOP. Seriously it does not require any stretch of imagination to know that there tens of thousands of Ghosts parading as drivers at GES. GOG wake up!!!!!!!
JK 9 years ago

Somebody should ask Aheto Tsegah how many vehicles are owned by GES. I would bet the number will not exceed 20K.

So, GES employs some 300K people, and almost 15% are drivers?

Somebody should ask Aheto Tsegah how many vehicles are owned by GES. I would bet the number will not exceed 20K.

So, GES employs some 300K people, and almost 15% are drivers?
david 9 years ago

uncivilize.even top celebrities and powerful people in the developed countries,why cant the teachers and officials of ghana education service drive their own vehicles?mponkye

uncivilize.even top celebrities and powerful people in the developed countries,why cant the teachers and officials of ghana education service drive their own vehicles?mponkye
ADWEN 9 years ago

Can someone tell us any state -own organisation in Ghana which is not over-staffed, mismanaged, bloated and full of incompetent so-called directors and what not?
In Ghana nobody monitors, controls and manages anything. You j ...
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Can someone tell us any state -own organisation in Ghana which is not over-staffed, mismanaged, bloated and full of incompetent so-called directors and what not?
In Ghana nobody monitors, controls and manages anything. You just turn up for you salary. Even the president's office is over-staffed and the real incompetence start from the president and the presidency, so GES, etc, can just operate with 40,000 drivers, whilst most of these drivers can drive their own cars.
STONER KOBYLYNTON 9 years ago

We are putting impediments in our development. 44,000 drivers in one Ministry? What a bull crap is this? Parliament should set up an inquiry into this Ministry to learn all these drivers and their job specification. Mahama is ...
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We are putting impediments in our development. 44,000 drivers in one Ministry? What a bull crap is this? Parliament should set up an inquiry into this Ministry to learn all these drivers and their job specification. Mahama is sitting down unconcerned and crying that Western Governments are not coming in his aid in time of crises whilst so much is wasted in the public sector. Western aids are from tax payers and not from the Administrators pockets.

The country got good climate condition and endow with abundant natural resources which when properly tapped and monitored would engulf the entire citizens. We do not need any foreign maneytary aid. What we may need is technical assistance which when requested will be available from around the globe. We are our own self destructive and nothing else. E&OE.
Kweku Appiah 9 years ago

So do we want to say that Mahama employed all these people?
I believe this set up was there before Mahama came into power.We are telling Mahama to sack the excess?

So do we want to say that Mahama employed all these people?
I believe this set up was there before Mahama came into power.We are telling Mahama to sack the excess?
Zoobie-Zoobie 9 years ago

what is Mahamah doing about the 40000 drivers, 100 ministers, etc? Mahamah is part of the problem!!!

what is Mahamah doing about the 40000 drivers, 100 ministers, etc? Mahamah is part of the problem!!!
ACKAH, AXIM 9 years ago

has mr economist found out whether their services are needed or just interested in depriving people of their daily bread. pls come again

has mr economist found out whether their services are needed or just interested in depriving people of their daily bread. pls come again
Philips 9 years ago

If the Director of the Ghana Education Service Mr Aheto Tsegah sees nothing wrong with the hiring 44,000 drivers in the service then he is sleeping on the job and not fit for purpose and must be sacked with immediate effect.I ...
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If the Director of the Ghana Education Service Mr Aheto Tsegah sees nothing wrong with the hiring 44,000 drivers in the service then he is sleeping on the job and not fit for purpose and must be sacked with immediate effect.I believe a careful audit would reveal a great number of ghost names on the payroll of GES.
Yaw Adu-Asare 9 years ago

How many vehicles do the 44,000 drivers operate and for what?

How many vehicles do the 44,000 drivers operate and for what?
Maartine Adorye 9 years ago

Nothing wrong with the querry on this large number. Verification whould be carried out, because the number is really large. E.g. Num of district education offices with running vehicles; num of regional educ offices with runni ...
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Nothing wrong with the querry on this large number. Verification whould be carried out, because the number is really large. E.g. Num of district education offices with running vehicles; num of regional educ offices with running vehicles; number of seneior sec sch with ..... etc.
kon 9 years ago

This translates to a driver to 7 employees. NDC Ghana, indeed!!!!!

This translates to a driver to 7 employees. NDC Ghana, indeed!!!!!
jim 9 years ago

were all these drivers employed during mahamas tenure? or?

were all these drivers employed during mahamas tenure? or?
KB 9 years ago

A Senior Economic Adviser to the President stumbles on a document which he believes should be rectified. He turns to complain to me. For what? Who should confront the issue. Get the problem resolved before you come to me.

A Senior Economic Adviser to the President stumbles on a document which he believes should be rectified. He turns to complain to me. For what? Who should confront the issue. Get the problem resolved before you come to me.
Kofi Atta Panyin 9 years ago

Is the number accurate? If accurate, what is the total wage bill as compared to the salary/allowances for all the staff at the Presidency and 275 Parliamentarians. Do not set up the stage to retrench these poor drivers.

Is the number accurate? If accurate, what is the total wage bill as compared to the salary/allowances for all the staff at the Presidency and 275 Parliamentarians. Do not set up the stage to retrench these poor drivers.
kofi 9 years ago

I have been rolling on the floor laughing. the point Atta Panyin is that these drivers may not exist in the first place, yet somebody they chop chop the salary.
to be fair to GES, there are about a 1000 schools under them th ...
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I have been rolling on the floor laughing. the point Atta Panyin is that these drivers may not exist in the first place, yet somebody they chop chop the salary.
to be fair to GES, there are about a 1000 schools under them they supervise. each of these schools have an average of 3 drivers = 3,000.
assuming all GES regional and district offices have cars with a maximum of 5 drivers each that = 5*300districts plus regional offices= 1500. in all I am looking at not more than 4500 drivers. 44,000 drivers across country is a hard sell to me...inflation of 10X is clear sign of ghosts on the roll. we need to find them all. we don't need more than 5000 drivers for 300,000 teachers.
Real Vandal 9 years ago

I was with the G.E.S and when I resigned from the service, the bursar and the headmistress quickly used my staff ID to employ the person. This the kind of things going on in the Ghana Education Service.

I was with the G.E.S and when I resigned from the service, the bursar and the headmistress quickly used my staff ID to employ the person. This the kind of things going on in the Ghana Education Service.
Earl Jones 9 years ago

300,00 divided by 44,000 means 7 teachers to one driver. It's time for teachers to be demanding the services of their 'ghost' drivers. This is graceful.
It is time for a rationalisation exercise for all ministries, departme ...
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300,00 divided by 44,000 means 7 teachers to one driver. It's time for teachers to be demanding the services of their 'ghost' drivers. This is graceful.
It is time for a rationalisation exercise for all ministries, departments and government establishments to ensure service personnel proportionality. It makes no sense.
WAITING 9 years ago

How many Economic Advisors in addition to the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, it's deputies, together with that ministry that Fifi Kwetey headed prior to being moved to the Agric ministry, as well as at the Bank of ...
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How many Economic Advisors in addition to the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, it's deputies, together with that ministry that Fifi Kwetey headed prior to being moved to the Agric ministry, as well as at the Bank of Ghana? What is the quantum of remuneration, allowances, per diems, bribes, that these NDC hangers-on are taking as compared to the 44,000 drivers at the Education service? The TUC and indeed, Ghanaians have asked for the de-segregation of the wage bill between the article 71 office holders and the rest of labour so we can put the "cutting" in the right context. Maybe Dr. Nii Moi Thompson would do us the honours and make this available to enrich the discourse.
Amanor Isaac,USA. 9 years ago

The economist is not serious, You can set up a program for every GES driver to go to their district offices and do an on-line head count in just two days. They must create log in, password and provide:Name,date of birth,driv ...
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The economist is not serious, You can set up a program for every GES driver to go to their district offices and do an on-line head count in just two days. They must create log in, password and provide:Name,date of birth,drivers lincense number,name of school/district,Truck/car registration number,Vin numer and their pay rate.And find out if they are really needed.
Amanor Isaac,USA. 9 years ago

Can we get any serious brain in Ghana?Do you do an academic research without a solution? Is the talking your solution?Let me stop so I don't insult him period.

Can we get any serious brain in Ghana?Do you do an academic research without a solution? Is the talking your solution?Let me stop so I don't insult him period.
Caleb 9 years ago

what is wrong with these economic advisers at all? You are not creating any job in this country let alone creating a conducive environment for the private sector to create. ..and you are worried?

what is wrong with these economic advisers at all? You are not creating any job in this country let alone creating a conducive environment for the private sector to create. ..and you are worried?
Kojo 9 years ago

There are 689 presidential staffers in Mahama's government. There are 6 ministers without portfolio at the Castle. There are 3 ministers for special projects at the Office of the president. And there are 44 gardeners at the O ...
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There are 689 presidential staffers in Mahama's government. There are 6 ministers without portfolio at the Castle. There are 3 ministers for special projects at the Office of the president. And there are 44 gardeners at the Osu Castle. President Mahama makes $34,000 a month (this includes all his benefits). A driver in the Ministry of Education makes less than $100 a month. This does not mean that we need that many drivers. it shows however, that their impact on the coffers may not be as high as those bloodsucking politicians on government payroll. Ask Nii Moi how much he earns a month. He has free accomodation and free utilities. Sack yourself first. Moron.
nii atuguba 9 years ago

how many cars has GES ?I bet they have 10 tracks for each region and .......if a head count is done we will be told they on leave due to ebola ha ha

how many cars has GES ?I bet they have 10 tracks for each region and .......if a head count is done we will be told they on leave due to ebola ha ha
Evans Tsalepor 9 years ago

Much as we expect some level of beaurecracy, Ghana seems trive on it. How do we eliminate assessive beaurecracy. The idea behind the introduction of decentralization was to transfer political, social and administrative author ...
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Much as we expect some level of beaurecracy, Ghana seems trive on it. How do we eliminate assessive beaurecracy. The idea behind the introduction of decentralization was to transfer political, social and administrative authority to the lower levels of our society. This way we would have to cut our coats according to our purse. This process has failed and we continue to support a huge wage bill for fruad and corruption. We do not need teachers employed at national level. This should be a district issue. Districts will employ what they need and can afford not what the GES wants. When we decentralize education at the bacis and secondry levels the GES would be redundant. There too many institutions that need to be decentralize. This would eliminate waste, check corruption, free more resources and make the country more investor friendly. There is too many institutions/bodies Ghana have to do away with.
Kay-wuo 9 years ago

send proper auditors of world class in and dig

send proper auditors of world class in and dig
F.G. TOWORFE 9 years ago

Our leaders must be problem solvers, and not throw their hands into the air in despair. NDC is turning into a 'TALK SHOP' government.

Our leaders must be problem solvers, and not throw their hands into the air in despair. NDC is turning into a 'TALK SHOP' government.
Captain Canada 9 years ago

on pay days. 44,000 drivers? Does GES have 44,000 cars? Herein lies the problem. I doubt it that any of these people see anything wrong with collecting pay for doing nothing. Whom are they driving? They should called in and a ...
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on pay days. 44,000 drivers? Does GES have 44,000 cars? Herein lies the problem. I doubt it that any of these people see anything wrong with collecting pay for doing nothing. Whom are they driving? They should called in and asked. If it is proven that they are just collecting pay without work, they should be let go.
Captain Canada 9 years ago

Can't wait to get the answer. This the problem. Ghanaman taking what doesnt belong to them. Be it time, money or space. That is the source of the unruliness in the country and the lack of advancement in the country. How does ...
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Can't wait to get the answer. This the problem. Ghanaman taking what doesnt belong to them. Be it time, money or space. That is the source of the unruliness in the country and the lack of advancement in the country. How does one ran a system that is this warped and twisted? It is why I don't believe any party or leader can fix it. The change has to come from the people.

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