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• concerned ghanaian 10 years ago

  Now strike every where

  Now strike every where

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• Raila Odinga 10 years ago

  Scrap all the allowances It is draining and killing the Ghana economy.They get paid , so why all these allowances ? My employer here in America gives me no allowances besides my salary.

  Scrap all the allowances It is draining and killing the Ghana economy.They get paid , so why all these allowances ? My employer here in America gives me no allowances besides my salary.

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• The beauty of ignorance 10 years ago

  Dont be silly you damned fool. We are talking about issues that relate to Ghana and not America.
  
  If in Ghana we consider the paying of allowances separate from salary for whatever reasons, well then so be it. Perhaps you a ...
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  Dont be silly you damned fool. We are talking about issues that relate to Ghana and not America.
  
  If in Ghana we consider the paying of allowances separate from salary for whatever reasons, well then so be it. Perhaps you are not aware that Ghana became independent almost 60 years ago and we are not obliged to do things the way they are done in America. If we did, our police would be shooting citizens in their backs for minor traffic offenses.

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• Mosi Tatupu 10 years ago

  Your web name depicts your imbecile rant and your largely warped way of thinking. I never cleaned toilets and gutters before ever in my life.
  
  Some of us Ghanaians in America are highly-skilled professionals working for wo ...
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  Your web name depicts your imbecile rant and your largely warped way of thinking. I never cleaned toilets and gutters before ever in my life.
  
  Some of us Ghanaians in America are highly-skilled professionals working for world class corporations and conglomerates, you useless bushman !.
  
  I have a 4 bedroom home, two automobiles and live in a suburbian home, you senseless dimwit!Come back for more abusive rap, you 'poop!
  
  I am Mosi Tatupu, the Pride Of Asere and Bukom and I approve this message

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• Tsatsu 10 years ago

  You can insult all you want and want free everything, the government is the people, who do you want to pay more taxes for you to get free pussy. If you were a man you will start your own business and see how the real world w ...
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  You can insult all you want and want free everything, the government is the people, who do you want to pay more taxes for you to get free pussy. If you were a man you will start your own business and see how the real world works. Kwasea

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• Otwen bin TS 10 years ago

  Illiteratr gutter and toilet cleaners don't earn allowances. They dropped out of school due to stupid headness,truancy or not interested to tske bath to attend school. Allow people who use brains to make the world what it is ...
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  Illiteratr gutter and toilet cleaners don't earn allowances. They dropped out of school due to stupid headness,truancy or not interested to tske bath to attend school. Allow people who use brains to make the world what it is to demand what they deserve. Keep cleaning the asses of Americans and shut your smelling mouth.

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• Frank Agyena-Karikari 10 years ago

  How much are you paid in America? If you live in America and your child is 15 years, the one can get work to do to help the finances of the family. What about Ghana? Even university graduates cannot find work to do. Those who ...
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  How much are you paid in America? If you live in America and your child is 15 years, the one can get work to do to help the finances of the family. What about Ghana? Even university graduates cannot find work to do. Those who find work are not paid.
  Is it also not true that some workers in the USA are given clothing allownace? If allowances have to be taken off the table, then MPs, District Chief Executives and Regional ministers should all be without allowances.
  Those who framed the constitution put in the allowances. So, if they deserve them, why not pay them or renegotiate with workers until they go on strike?

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• the don 10 years ago

  The salaries of workers has become stagnant while the cost of living has skyrocketed.This can only make the living standards of the populace very poor.The Mahama government has messed up the economy so much that the wages of ...
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  The salaries of workers has become stagnant while the cost of living has skyrocketed.This can only make the living standards of the populace very poor.The Mahama government has messed up the economy so much that the wages of these professionals are not enough even to sustain them.That is the problem now and that is the real reason why almost everyone seems to be discontented with the government.The cost of living has become unbearable

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• Raila Odinga 10 years ago

  Wages have been stagnant in America for years now, but my employer is not shelling out freebies.

  Wages have been stagnant in America for years now, but my employer is not shelling out freebies.

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• Cha 10 years ago

  That joker claims he wont spend out the budget, as if he makes the decisions. IMF have already drawn the roadmap- failed mahama must go

  That joker claims he wont spend out the budget, as if he makes the decisions. IMF have already drawn the roadmap- failed mahama must go

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• Jacob 10 years ago

  Ghana has become football for her employees.Eiiii,hmmmm,God save her.

  Ghana has become football for her employees.Eiiii,hmmmm,God save her.

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• GOD SEES 10 years ago

  YOU IDIOTS LOVE THE BRIBES YOU TAKE AT WORK. THAT IS WHY YOU WILL NOT TALK ABOUT RESIGNING. ALSO, YOU WILL HARDLY FINE A GOOD JOB WITH YOUR FUCKING PROFESSION. YOU IDIOTS ARE PART OF THE CAUSE GHANA IS FACING NOW.

  YOU IDIOTS LOVE THE BRIBES YOU TAKE AT WORK. THAT IS WHY YOU WILL NOT TALK ABOUT RESIGNING. ALSO, YOU WILL HARDLY FINE A GOOD JOB WITH YOUR FUCKING PROFESSION. YOU IDIOTS ARE PART OF THE CAUSE GHANA IS FACING NOW.

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• Law Finn 10 years ago

  It is unfortunate that we have morons/ scaly wags like you as some of the citizens of Ghana. No wonder we are in this situation. Do an introspection of yourself to as certain whether or not you are human.

  It is unfortunate that we have morons/ scaly wags like you as some of the citizens of Ghana. No wonder we are in this situation. Do an introspection of yourself to as certain whether or not you are human.

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• Ugly akufo addo 10 years ago

  God bless this people

  God bless this people

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• Neutral Zone 10 years ago

  Attorneys created all these problems.

  Attorneys created all these problems.

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• The beauty of ignorance 10 years ago

  Correction. God bless THESE people.

  Correction. God bless THESE people.

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• Tibaa 10 years ago

  Gives cause to the recent labor demonstrations for better services. The political class, I mean the ruling cabal of misfits, show-off too much stolen wealth without commensurate contribution to the national economy. With such ...
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  Gives cause to the recent labor demonstrations for better services. The political class, I mean the ruling cabal of misfits, show-off too much stolen wealth without commensurate contribution to the national economy. With such spectacle of affluence by the politically-connected, hard-working Ghanaians also want to share the national pie, if it is now ready for consumption!!!!

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• Ekow Samuel. 10 years ago

  That is the best dissesion to correct your mistakes in the office of you,and that is good of a great faith.God bless you oman Ghana.

  That is the best dissesion to correct your mistakes in the office of you,and that is good of a great faith.God bless you oman Ghana.

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• Neutral Zone 10 years ago

  The problem is allowa. Scrap all allowa n the problems will go away.

  The problem is allowa. Scrap all allowa n the problems will go away.

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• Frank Agyena-Karikari 10 years ago

  Will all such allowa and benefits include that of DCEs, MPs, Regional Ministers and other government employees? Then, that wiil be Okay. Let MPs take taxis, trotro etc; pay for their security, use their own money to buy cars ...
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  Will all such allowa and benefits include that of DCEs, MPs, Regional Ministers and other government employees? Then, that wiil be Okay. Let MPs take taxis, trotro etc; pay for their security, use their own money to buy cars and pay for the fuel they use. Then, that will be acceptable. When Joe Biden was a senator, he rode the bus and train. Obama could not afford a house in Chicago and Washington DC so he used part of his office as bedroom. Can we say the same about our politicians? They all want to be called HONORABLES when there is nothing honorable about them. When it comes to corruption and arbitrariness, I will doff my hat for Mills and Busia. They were quite weak but the best of all the evils.

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• EDUARDO DOMINGO 10 years ago

  IT IS REFRESHING TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE STILL SOME SENSIBLE AROUND , THERE IS HOPE FOR GHANA YET!

  IT IS REFRESHING TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE STILL SOME SENSIBLE AROUND , THERE IS HOPE FOR GHANA YET!

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• Say the TRUTH 10 years ago

  MAHAMA/NDC GOVERNMENT IS HIE OWN DEVIL - RPOBLEM CREATED BY HIS FAVOURITISM FOR OTHERS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE!!!!!
  
  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE CONDITIONS OF SERVICE FOR POLICE FORCE AND SEE IF IT IS NOT THE SAME CONDITIONS OF S ...
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  MAHAMA/NDC GOVERNMENT IS HIE OWN DEVIL - RPOBLEM CREATED BY HIS FAVOURITISM FOR OTHERS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE!!!!!
  
  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE CONDITIONS OF SERVICE FOR POLICE FORCE AND SEE IF IT IS NOT THE SAME CONDITIONS OF SERVICE PROPOSAL THEY HAVE PROPOSED THAT THE GOVERNMENT SYA IT CANN NOT MEET THOSE DEMANDS. WAHT IS GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS ALSO GOOD FOR THE GANDER!!
  
  A document intercepted by Joy News detailing a recent review of the conditions of service of the Police is believed to have triggered the recent industrial action by health sector workers.
  
  The document lists some rewarding benefits for members of the security service.
  
  According to the Legal Regulations, 2014 L.I. 2210, an officer of the service is entitled, in each year, to a clothing allowance of at least 30 percent of that officer’s a basic annual salary.
  
  Also, an officer of the service is entitled, on the first appointment, to a lump sum, determined by the board, to cater for the wardrobe of that officer.
  
  POLICE SERVICE REGULATIONS, 2012 C.I 76
  
  ACTING ALLOWANCE
  
  Where an officer is appointed to act for a period of not less than 30 days in a post other than the officer's own post, the officer shall be paid a monthly acting allowance of twenty percent of the officer's monthly basic salary
  
  Where an officer proceeds on a training course or conference or official duty in a temperate climate, the officer shall be paid a warm clothing allowance determined by the Minister responsible for Finance.
  
  Under what is described as a Batman allowance, a senior officer would be entitled to receive twenty per cent of his or her basic monthly salary.
  
  CLOTHING ALLOWANCE
  
  An officer of the Criminal Investigation Department is entitled to a clothing allowance of ten per cent of that officer's basic monthly salary at the end of each month.
  
  DUTY ALLOWANCE
  
  An officer is entitled to 40 per cent of that officer's basic monthly salary as duty allowance at the end of each month.
  
  HEIGHT ALLOWANCE
  
  An officer whose duties involve climbing heights of thirty metres or more is entitled to receive an allowance of twenty per cent of that officer's basic monthly salary a day for any day that the officer climbs that height and the climbing is certified by the officer's immediate senior officer.
  
  KILOMETRIC ALLOWANCE
  
  An officer who travels in a personal vehicle in the discharge of official duties shall be paid kilometric allowance at the rate approved by the Minister responsible for Finance.
  
  RESPONSIBILITY ALLOWANCE
  
  The Inspector-General, a Deputy Inspector-General, a Director- General, or a Regional Commander is entitled to forty percent of that officer's basic monthly salary as responsibility allowance.
  
  ENTERTAINMENT ALLOWANCE
  
  The Inspector-General, Deputy Inspector-General, Schedule officers, and Regional and Divisional Commanders, are each entitled to 10 percent of monthly basic salary as entertainment allowance.
  
  RISK ALLOWANCE
  
  An officer is entitled to thirty-three one-third per cent of that officer's monthly basic salary as risk allowance and this allowance is payable at the end of each month.
  
  MARKET PREMIUM
  
  An officer with the requisite professional qualification who discharges duties pertaining to that profession shall be paid a market premium at levels that may be determined by the Inspector-General in consultation with the Fair Wages Commission and with the approval of the Council.
  
  SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE
  
  Where an officer who travels on official duty outside the duty station of that officer pays for boarding and lodging, that officer is entitled to be paid subsistence allowance at the rates determined by the Inspector of Police with the approval of the Council.
  
  TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE
  
  With an exception, an officer living beyond one kilometre from the place of work is entitled transport to and from the place of work of that officer.
  
  TRANSFER GRANT
  
  An officer who proceeds on transfer or posting from one station or post to another within different Regions is entitled to a transfer grant of one month basic salary as allowance.
  
  Also, where an officer is obliged to provide a personal set of tools for the performance of official duties, that officer is entitled to fifteen per cent of that officer's basic monthly salary as tools allowance.
  
  An officer who uses a personal vehicle in the performance of official duties is entitled to a vehicle maintenance allowance at the rate approved by the Minister responsible for Finance and Economic Planning.
  
  PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS
  
  Meanwhile, information available to Joy News suggests the other public sector workers including the striking doctors have seen the document and may be basing their demands on this document.
  
  The Ghana Medical Association has insisted other public sector workers enjoy bigger conditions than what they are asking for.
  
  The doctors have been on strike for a week now demanding better conditions of service, part of which includes 40% of basic salaries as accommodation allowance per month, 20 percent as core duty facilitation allowance, 30% clothing allowance, 20% maintenance allowance, 20% utility allowance, 50% as professional allowance and 25% special risk allowance and vehicle tax exemption to doctors.

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• sakyi Amoako 10 years ago

  lazy attorneys

  lazy attorneys

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• Willie D Sakyi. USA 10 years ago

  A wise decision. I hope the govt will come to terms with them immidiately so that they dont change their mind.

  A wise decision. I hope the govt will come to terms with them immidiately so that they dont change their mind.

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• Braimah Mohammed alias Otumfour Nana 10 years ago

  Shame unto you all doctors in Ghana.How can you demand such all these.The lord will punish you all fools.Fools doctors you will not get peace in your life mboaafour.Better start ur work and stop fooling.

  Shame unto you all doctors in Ghana.How can you demand such all these.The lord will punish you all fools.Fools doctors you will not get peace in your life mboaafour.Better start ur work and stop fooling.

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