Due to the current financial difficulty the country is going through, President Nana Akufo-Addo has taken decision to review downwards the salaries of every one of his appointees by somewhere in the range of 20% and 30%.
Pay rates of Ministers , heads of departments as well as heads of municipal and district assemblies will be affected
The most recent decision followed through at after the President was engagd in a emergency meeting with his ministers and members from the Economic Management Team (EMT) throughout the end of the week.
The report suggested that the President’s proposition were being taken and would be disclosed by close of day today, March 21.
The decision by the government is to guarantee that a few social interventions like School Feeding Program, Free SHS are safeguarded.
In a another development, Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has noted that 16 flagship programs of the government including the Free Senior High School are being considered for a review.
He thought that this is one of the numerous decisions taken at a 3-day crunch cabinet meeting, held at Peduase Lodge over the course of the end of the week.
The gathering was among others things poised to provide solutions for the economic hardship in the country.
The Ghana Cedi has encountered a sharp devaluation exchanging at 7.8 to a dollar.
Fuel costs have additionally shot up influencing transport fares and the expense of general labor and products.
Economic analysts as well as the opposition NDC, have encouraged the government to review the Free SHS program and take expenditure cuts among others to save the nation cash.
“All the 16 flagship programs are considered to be reviewed. However, The President has given directive that the flaship program ought to be safeguarded and completely executed to guarantee that its impact is well achieved. Nonetheless, he needs it done inside the requirements of thing number 2 which is the financial structure we are working with. Assuming in light of the covers that we are working with we should rescope a specific flagship program, we will do it and perceive how much we can accomplish,” Mr. Oppong Nkrumah said in an interview with Citi FM
