The 30 percent cut in the monthly salaries of Government appointees to protect the national purse in the midst of the current economic turmoil has started.
Kumasi Mayor, Sam Pyne who made his pay cut for October public has made headlines for the revelation.
“This month, in particular, I can point it out to you that I was paid just GH¢310,” he stated on Peace FM, adding that “I have been deducted for arrears that have accrued since the government announced the policy.”
Speaking on NEAT FM’s morning show, Ghana Montie, Mr Sam Pyne said despite the ‘GH¢310’ left after the cut, he will “survive’ with his family.
“This won’t affect me because I have survived doing private businesses before this position,” he noted.
In the face of the economic challenges, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration, some months ago, announced that it would deduct 30 percent of its appointees’ salaries to help save the virtually weak economy.
Since that time, nothing has been heard about the bold gesture by the government, paving way for people, especially detractors of the government, to speculate about the government’s promise.
But the Kumasi Mayor said he made his public to prove how “serious” the president is to revive the economy.
Source: King Edward Ambrose Washman Addo/peacefmonline.com/ghana
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Deep Reflection! I am beginning to understand that the Paying of tithes is just like E-levy, every new hand (receiver) is expected to pay something (smh). The church and the government of Ghana is the same. They are all scammers, or something is not being done right. This is the reason why the government is not able to control the churches and the leaders of churches are also afraid and/or fail to speak up about the government. They are all doing the same exact things. Let's all speak truth to power. What about if we decide to have religious representation in parliament? What about if the government institute an entity that would audit churches? The mega corporate churches in Ghana (all know their names and don’t force me to mention any church) are the biggest culprit of the spiral depreciation value of our once strong cedi. Trust you me, almost all these churches have a foreign account (predominantly, dollar, pound, Euros). The same offerings and tithes are used as a weapon to devalue our currency because these collections in cedi values from churches are changed into the hard currencies. Is the government not aware of these? Passing of a bill or amending parts of our constitutions and backed by stringent penalties will help in diversifying power in more hands and strengthening our institutions. I believe none of these bodies (churches and the government) would be afraid to discharge its core constitutionally mandated duties without fear or favor. Guess what? A true and pure checks and balances would be injected into our social, political, religious, and economic landscape. I hope someone will listen to this. God save our Nation. God save our country. God heal our land.