Huge wage bill curtails social expenditure

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• Lorgo Ligri 12 years ago

  Humm...high interest costs on government borrowing has led to cuts in spending for social services and yet, you guys keep borrowing at a rate faster than the rabbit runs. Another ebi de keke excuse.

  Humm...high interest costs on government borrowing has led to cuts in spending for social services and yet, you guys keep borrowing at a rate faster than the rabbit runs. Another ebi de keke excuse.

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• EZEKIEL 12 years ago

  We CANNOT afford to live like "rich people" when most of our citizens don't have SAFE drinking water!!Our public Service IS BLOATED and we CANNOT AFFORD it!! Cut Salaries of the civil service DOWN, REDUCE the number of the MO ...
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  We CANNOT afford to live like "rich people" when most of our citizens don't have SAFE drinking water!!Our public Service IS BLOATED and we CANNOT AFFORD it!! Cut Salaries of the civil service DOWN, REDUCE the number of the MOSTLY USELESS Mps and LET'S LEARN TO LIVE MORE WITHIN OUR MEANS!!
  Why shopuld a small country like Ghana have that MANY MPs??

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• Concerned 12 years ago

  These people spend lavish amounts on their own pay, then blame the SSSS on the huge wage bill. Where is the proper audit of these. How much by department did the cost go up from 2012 - even TUC rejects the claim by gov't that ...
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  These people spend lavish amounts on their own pay, then blame the SSSS on the huge wage bill. Where is the proper audit of these. How much by department did the cost go up from 2012 - even TUC rejects the claim by gov't that the wage bill has to do with SSSS.

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• JAMES Y 12 years ago

  If only the gov't can stand firm against the excessive wage demand, it will be better for the economy and, thus, Ghana. Even many developed nations are restricting increase in wages for their workers, Ghana should not be exce ...
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  If only the gov't can stand firm against the excessive wage demand, it will be better for the economy and, thus, Ghana. Even many developed nations are restricting increase in wages for their workers, Ghana should not be exception. And, even if the "ghost" workers' element in the workforce is eradicated it is still necessary for the gov't to resist reciprocal wage increases. As for the increase in utility tariffs - a matter which has precipitated the demand for more wages from labour - again, it is not far-fetched to say that utility prices are still cheap in comparison with countries with similar economic situation. Ghana's workers can not eat their cake and have it. If they really like their jobs and wish to continue having them, they should be more receptive to wage freeze. For, the degree of the wage component in any organisation determines the viability of its existence.

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