All the 110 Ministers and Deputy Ministers of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s government have not been paid since taking office early this year, Information Minister Mustapha Hamid has revealed.
According to him, the processes for the payment of the Ministers has still not been completed thus the delay.
He told TV3 that the repetitive phenomenon must be dealt with since this is not the first time such a situation has arisen.
“It’s not a very good phenomenon in our country that people get employed and after one year they are not taking salaries yet, and they happen to be teachers, nurses etc., so, if it’s happening to politicians, we should say that: ‘Well it’s good that it’s happening to them so that they will feel the pinch and correct the anomaly for all of us citizens’,” Mr Hamid said.
Asked how he and his colleague Ministers were coping without salary, Mr Hamid said it’s been “difficult”.
Source: classfmonline.com
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This is a recipe for disaster. Nature abhors vacuum. Without pay the minister will survive but on whose back? Immediate actions should be taken to get them paid with all their arrears. Otherwise one day Ghana will regret this action.
This is the biggest joke of the year. Who can convince me that these 110 minister are not receiving pay for the past five months but are driving in v8 and living in government bungalows for free. Which monies is being used to fuel their vehicles? Nana addo and his team will be worse than mahama and his team. This is a day light robbery. They are telling Ghanaians they haven't receive nothing for five months when state funds is being used for everything they do now. At the end of the day they would tell Ghanaians that the finance ministry has released money to pay them their back pays, when in actual fact they have indirectly enjoyed huge allowance for five months, which will not be accounted for. I have always known them as smart ttthieves. Can you imagine this. Teachers and others workers are watching, the very day it will come out that they have received monies the strike actions would begin.
My friends these politicians are lying to us. They are already enjoying huge sums of allowances. The right questions need to be asked by the media. Politicians always that us for fuuulls. Their vehicles are being fueled by the state, their housing is being paid by the state and they are receiving per diems and allowances, so they should throwing dusts into our eyes. This is a subtle way of receiving double pay. Who are they kidding?