Scrap ex-gratia – Kweku Asare

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Ataa 8 years ago

Why at all is it that immediately NPp comes into power you hear these ugly noises. When Kufuor was leaving and made ex gratia as if he wanted to live like an arabian king no body complained.

Why at all is it that immediately NPp comes into power you hear these ugly noises. When Kufuor was leaving and made ex gratia as if he wanted to live like an arabian king no body complained.
Nana 8 years ago

Kufuor's exgratia was withheld for over six months and dnt forget the building he renovated to use as his personal office, was siezed all in the name of been on a ga land.

Kufuor's exgratia was withheld for over six months and dnt forget the building he renovated to use as his personal office, was siezed all in the name of been on a ga land.
OLD SOLDIER 8 years ago

Author:- Kafui .....
Yea you are right. the president does not pay tax on his salary, he doesn't buy clothings, he does not pay rent, electricity bills, water bills, phone bills, doesn't buy fuel for his vehicle and so on. Y ...
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Author:- Kafui .....
Yea you are right. the president does not pay tax on his salary, he doesn't buy clothings, he does not pay rent, electricity bills, water bills, phone bills, doesn't buy fuel for his vehicle and so on. Yet there are a lot of unemployed Ghanaians who are willing to work and out of GREED you have increased your salary for poor ghanaian tax payers who are earning scanty salaries to pay. WHY!!?
Mahamoud 8 years ago

Believe me; Ghanaians have always rejected the so called "ex-gratia" ever since it was imposed on them. They didn't oppose it because it was proposed by NPP or NDC; they rather saw it as a cunning way of stealing their meager ...
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Believe me; Ghanaians have always rejected the so called "ex-gratia" ever since it was imposed on them. They didn't oppose it because it was proposed by NPP or NDC; they rather saw it as a cunning way of stealing their meager resources by the unsympathetic so-called leaders. When Kufour rewarded himself with the huge ex-gratia, Ghanaians, including members of his own party, condemned it and wrote many articles against it. They even asked Mills not to honour it but he did. So, this has nothing to do with NDC or NPP, but has a lot to do with our greedy leaders wanting to continue living on the poor suffering masses even after leaving office.
Agya Kwabena 8 years ago

The whole issue of ex-gratia makes our democracy unnecessarily too expensive. In fact the salaries paid to our politicians bear no semblance to that of the civil service. This should not be the case. There is no reason why a ...
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The whole issue of ex-gratia makes our democracy unnecessarily too expensive. In fact the salaries paid to our politicians bear no semblance to that of the civil service. This should not be the case. There is no reason why a member of parliament should earn more than the headmaster of a secondary school or principal of a training college. They cannot have political power and be rewarded with financial power as well. In the developed world you have one and not both. In the U.K., the mayor of London earns more than the prime minister. And the salary of an MP is far less than that of the headmaster of a comprehensive secondary school. The opposite, however exist in Ghana where the most powerful person in the country is also the highest paid person. This is not right. Those that set these emoluments should study what exists in US and Britain, after all that is where we copied our constitution and democracy from. Why should it be different when it comes to money.
Tony k .Bio 8 years ago

Good call;i think it is a ripoff whether it is for Npp or Ndc.It should be abolished,period!!

Good call;i think it is a ripoff whether it is for Npp or Ndc.It should be abolished,period!!
Yaw Nyamekye 8 years ago

Ataa, I agree with you perfectly. When Kufour introduced and took his ex-gratia, these idiot professors, lawyers, and what have you kept their hypothetical mouths shut. Now this idiot wants ex-gratia cancelled because it's an ...
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Ataa, I agree with you perfectly. When Kufour introduced and took his ex-gratia, these idiot professors, lawyers, and what have you kept their hypothetical mouths shut. Now this idiot wants ex-gratia cancelled because it's another president that is going to take enjoy it.
Kofi 8 years ago

Illiterate, ex gratia was not introduced by Kuffour. Even PNDC appointees, when they were transitioning to NDC appointees, gave themselves ex-gratia.

Illiterate, ex gratia was not introduced by Kuffour. Even PNDC appointees, when they were transitioning to NDC appointees, gave themselves ex-gratia.
Pelicles 8 years ago

Some of you come to this site and expose your ignorance. Go and ask JJ about ex-gratia and how it was inserted into the constitution before attacking Kufuor.

No Ghanaian with sane mind approve of the ex-gratia payment and ...
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Some of you come to this site and expose your ignorance. Go and ask JJ about ex-gratia and how it was inserted into the constitution before attacking Kufuor.

No Ghanaian with sane mind approve of the ex-gratia payment and its removal will be a big relief on the treasury.
yanks 8 years ago

these politicians do at all to deserve theseo huge amount of monies?

these politicians do at all to deserve theseo huge amount of monies?

Kokuvi Da Togolese 8 years ago

From 15,972 to 22,809, the increase is over 70%. Let's do the math. 15972/22809 x(100) = 70.02%.
NDC never learns. All they think about is money grabbing. Mahama is a thief any day.

From 15,972 to 22,809, the increase is over 70%. Let's do the math. 15972/22809 x(100) = 70.02%.
NDC never learns. All they think about is money grabbing. Mahama is a thief any day.
Zoobie-Zoobie 8 years ago

same, fleecing Ghana

same, fleecing Ghana
Zoobie-Zoobie 8 years ago

the same looters... different face

the same looters... different face
Zoobie-Zoobie 8 years ago

the masses follow blindly

the masses follow blindly
Newsite Bansah 8 years ago

Check your math..

This wrong if you are calculating the increase:

15972/22809 x(100) = 70.02%.

It should be:

(22808 - 15972)/15972 x(100) = 42.8%.

Check your math..

This wrong if you are calculating the increase:

15972/22809 x(100) = 70.02%.

It should be:

(22808 - 15972)/15972 x(100) = 42.8%.
JK 8 years ago

I wonder how many will get it right.
It is the increase as percentage of the original amount.

I wonder how many will get it right.
It is the increase as percentage of the original amount.
Newsite Bansah 8 years ago

check your math
Check your math.. This is wrong if you are calculating the increase: 15972/22809 x(100) = 70.02%.

It should be: (22808 - 15972)/15972 x(100) = 42.8%.

check your math
Check your math.. This is wrong if you are calculating the increase: 15972/22809 x(100) = 70.02%.

It should be: (22808 - 15972)/15972 x(100) = 42.8%.
Gasco 8 years ago

You need to go back to school and learn how to do percent, is the increment, divided by the old salary, times 100% . You don't have to pay me for the tutorial, is free.

You need to go back to school and learn how to do percent, is the increment, divided by the old salary, times 100% . You don't have to pay me for the tutorial, is free.
yanks 8 years ago

it is the increase amount divided by the original amount x100 ie 22809 minus15972/(15972)X100 equals 42.78% should be the correct answer

it is the increase amount divided by the original amount x100 ie 22809 minus15972/(15972)X100 equals 42.78% should be the correct answer
kwame 8 years ago

I agree with him 100 prtcentwhy should look after the mps pocket than the poor Ghanaian citizebs they work once they retire that's it in Europe or America once you are a mp and you retire that's it the state does not need to ...
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I agree with him 100 prtcentwhy should look after the mps pocket than the poor Ghanaian citizebs they work once they retire that's it in Europe or America once you are a mp and you retire that's it the state does not need to take care of you

Mr concern, 8 years ago

Prof,that is a good one there,but the thing is you can win this by either becoming president then vito it or convincing those that benefit from that to sacrifice which eventually will still end in the pockets of those benefi ...
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Prof,that is a good one there,but the thing is you can win this by either becoming president then vito it or convincing those that benefit from that to sacrifice which eventually will still end in the pockets of those beneficiaries,
STEVE 8 years ago

I' m of the same opinion. The ex-gratia introduced by the Kuffuor government is the most fraudulent legally approved means by the country's politicians to fleece the State wealth. It must be repealed with immediate effect.

I' m of the same opinion. The ex-gratia introduced by the Kuffuor government is the most fraudulent legally approved means by the country's politicians to fleece the State wealth. It must be repealed with immediate effect.
Kweku 8 years ago

It was not President Kuffour who introduced ex- Gratia. Ex - Gratia was introduced during President Rawlings era. Ghanaians indeed have short memory.

It was not President Kuffour who introduced ex- Gratia. Ex - Gratia was introduced during President Rawlings era. Ghanaians indeed have short memory.
Villager 8 years ago

He means the committee that recommended that K4 should take home X number of cars, y number of houses in Accra and Kumasi and a whole lot of emoluments, not the idea of the ex-gratia per se. You see that the outgoing NDC has ...
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He means the committee that recommended that K4 should take home X number of cars, y number of houses in Accra and Kumasi and a whole lot of emoluments, not the idea of the ex-gratia per se. You see that the outgoing NDC has improved on some of the emoluments?
day kob 8 years ago

Yes ex-gratia must be scraped
Immediately

Yes ex-gratia must be scraped
Immediately
Zoobie-Zoobie 8 years ago

same

same
Alhaji 8 years ago

I agree with you Prof.... It doesn't make sense.... Teachers teach for more than 30 yrs nd get less than 20000 as pension while these politicians jux 4 yrs are taken dz huge sums of money meanwhile some are arm robbers in su ...
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I agree with you Prof.... It doesn't make sense.... Teachers teach for more than 30 yrs nd get less than 20000 as pension while these politicians jux 4 yrs are taken dz huge sums of money meanwhile some are arm robbers in suit
Odoi 8 years ago

Bad idea, even with exgratia they are stealing and if they know there is no exgratia what will they do?

Bad idea, even with exgratia they are stealing and if they know there is no exgratia what will they do?
Lewis Kwame Addo 8 years ago

First of all, the so-called Professor of Laws is not a GHANAIAN citizen. He is a naturalized US citizen and I find it odd he pokes his mouth in Ghanaian affairs. To me, it’s stupidity.

In the country he lives, former pr ...
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First of all, the so-called Professor of Laws is not a GHANAIAN citizen. He is a naturalized US citizen and I find it odd he pokes his mouth in Ghanaian affairs. To me, it’s stupidity.

In the country he lives, former presidents are offered a taxable lifetime pension equal to the annual rate of basic pay for the heads of executive branch departments, like the Cabinet Secretaries. This amount is set annually by Congress and is currently (2016) $205,700 per year. The pension starts the minute the president officially leaves office at noon on Inauguration Day. Widows of former presidents are provided with a $20,000 annual lifetime pension and mailing privileges unless they choose to waive their right to the pension
The Former Presidents Act (FPA) passed in 1958 makes it mandatory for ex-presidents, ministers and congressmen enjoy good retirement package. The presidential retirement benefits have included a lifetime annual pension, staff and office allowances, travel expenses, Secret Service protection and more. Ex-President G. W. Bush retired with $199,700 per year excluding numerous incentives. And President Barrack H. Obama with take home $205,700 per year, a house and generous package.

Ex-Ghanaian presidents didn’t work for donkeys, they worked as hard as any president erstwhile. So Prof Kwaku Asare should not bring his bias attitude here this time
Mr.President 8 years ago

Sorry don't compare Ghana to America.Our politicians don't think about children and the poor.Go to Kolebu hospital and see things for yourself.Again Ghana is a poor country.

Sorry don't compare Ghana to America.Our politicians don't think about children and the poor.Go to Kolebu hospital and see things for yourself.Again Ghana is a poor country.

Dr Jay 8 years ago

Agreed.A nation that can not pay its teachers, nurses, etc etc. A Nation with power outage problems and economic downturn, unemployment etc etc yet can decide to pay extra gratuities to politicians after they have looted the ...
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Agreed.A nation that can not pay its teachers, nurses, etc etc. A Nation with power outage problems and economic downturn, unemployment etc etc yet can decide to pay extra gratuities to politicians after they have looted the limited financial resources.Hmm! GHANA is really sick of corruption and if the President elect means business he must listen to the voices of the majority poor. This is why NPP Won and NDC Lost-Deep seated corruption and unemployment.
G. K. Berko 8 years ago

The Ex-Gratia serves as an icing on their cake that they steal from us over the period they serve in their respective posts.

It is what affirms their ultimate motive to be in Politics and reach those positions the benefi ...
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The Ex-Gratia serves as an icing on their cake that they steal from us over the period they serve in their respective posts.

It is what affirms their ultimate motive to be in Politics and reach those positions the benefit applies to.

What irks me most is the fact they always have these dubious payments retro-activated.

Meanwhile, our Nurses, Doctors, and Teachers might still have their salaries stuck in arrears for years and would not even get interests on what is due them, even if the bare salaries ever get paid.

How selfish, greedy and corrupt could these leaders be!

Holding Political Office in Ghana has become a lucrative wealth-making club membership that the loudmouths with scholarly prowess troop to become to guarantee themselves riches beyond what their ordinary skills could ever pay them.

They have taken the common Citizens for a ride for far too long, under the guise of the so-called 'Property-Owning Democracy'. And they do not waste time in demonizing any dissenting voices against such milking of our State coffers with epithets like being anti-Capitalist, Socialists, etc.

No, every Ghanaian would want to see a healthy Capitalist environment thrive. But it is only when the system is without such crony back-watching and -scratching corrupt behavior that we can have such an environment. The competition in the Capitalist environment is, thus, by unwritten, informal design skewed against the majority of Citizens.

How could any Government that fails the Nation so badly with numerous corruption scandals and misappropriation of funds that starves its ordinary workers, and fails to eradicate schools-under-trees have the guts to pay itself so much in Ex-Gratia? The Parliament is part of that Government, in this case. The Ex-Gratia does not go to only the Executive branch. The MPs share in it, too.

Long Live Ghana!!!
Kwame 8 years ago

It is time the nation rejects this ex gratis award and also the MPs common fund. These are avenues for corrupt practices. I hope the in-coming administration will be aware of the nuisances committed. You will one day surely ...
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It is time the nation rejects this ex gratis award and also the MPs common fund. These are avenues for corrupt practices. I hope the in-coming administration will be aware of the nuisances committed. You will one day surely account . So do not do anything untoward
Mimi 8 years ago

Did President Limann and his familzy get anything after taking over a rather challenging period?

Did President Limann and his familzy get anything after taking over a rather challenging period?
Yussif 8 years ago

They ll always say no money to pay nurses and teacher trainees but where is all this money coming from?anytime it comes to polititians Ghana has money,after looting so much we still give them all this huge sums of money as en ...
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They ll always say no money to pay nurses and teacher trainees but where is all this money coming from?anytime it comes to polititians Ghana has money,after looting so much we still give them all this huge sums of money as end gratia why?i think we should take this case to court.John Mahana and his family don't need money anymore trust me,the man is so rich now,even his wife so why re they still milking the state?not only that just look at the package as a whole.prof.you people should take such matters up and don't just speak and let go,just look at the council of state too taking home plenty money yet they did stupid things by advising the president to insult the Supreme Court decition to jail montie 3 including last minutes advice for Mahama to appoint and increase salaries he earl is justified why it should not be paid.
nana asenso 8 years ago

Some illiterates are pointing fingers at kuffour's govt as being architects of ex-gratia. He came to meet it when ndc1 was leaving power.

Some illiterates are pointing fingers at kuffour's govt as being architects of ex-gratia. He came to meet it when ndc1 was leaving power.
USA 8 years ago

I agree with 100%

I agree with 100%
Mr.President 8 years ago

We will fight this nonsense to the bone.Ghana is not only Accra. Ghana is a poor country where the majority don't know how and where to get food to eat. The country is sick. Ghana is not for politicians and their families and ...
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We will fight this nonsense to the bone.Ghana is not only Accra. Ghana is a poor country where the majority don't know how and where to get food to eat. The country is sick. Ghana is not for politicians and their families and friends. Ghana is for every Ghanaian. This stupid constitution must be changed immediately so that every Ghanaian enjoy the fruits of the country.
Ghanaba 8 years ago

I WILL BE HAPPY TO SEE THAT GONE FOR GOOD. HOW CAN POLITICIANS LIVE LIKE KINGS OVER THE CITIZENS. THIS IS DAYLIGHT ROBBERY TO THE DISADVANTAGE OF THE ORDINARY.

I WILL BE HAPPY TO SEE THAT GONE FOR GOOD. HOW CAN POLITICIANS LIVE LIKE KINGS OVER THE CITIZENS. THIS IS DAYLIGHT ROBBERY TO THE DISADVANTAGE OF THE ORDINARY.
Abingah. London 8 years ago

Hear hear. Ex-gratia must be abolished. If not at all it should be paid to those not returning to parliament. If you lose you seat and going away then you can be paid something as thank you or "pension". But not when you are ...
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Hear hear. Ex-gratia must be abolished. If not at all it should be paid to those not returning to parliament. If you lose you seat and going away then you can be paid something as thank you or "pension". But not when you are still in parliament.
Albert 8 years ago

When the Jonathan administration decided to increase salaries of ex-presidents of Nigeria only Buhari rejected it of the four. His reason being that he did not need all that money over $50,000 per month, because he had no mo ...
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When the Jonathan administration decided to increase salaries of ex-presidents of Nigeria only Buhari rejected it of the four. His reason being that he did not need all that money over $50,000 per month, because he had no more children to take care of as his children were all grown up
and on their own. The old salary of about $5,000 was enough for him. No wonder he won the hearts of Nigerians and became president. Why would he not be able to fight corruption now that he is president? Hello ex presidents of Ghana, let us hear you reject the 10% increase in your salaries if you are true patriots of the land or forever hold your peace.
the lone Prophet of Jehovah 8 years ago

Yes that should be, it all mounts to loot and share after severing Ghana.Scrap ex-gratia another way of corruption without paying tax, every citizen is oblige to pay tax for the benefit of Ghana economy shalom

Yes that should be, it all mounts to loot and share after severing Ghana.Scrap ex-gratia another way of corruption without paying tax, every citizen is oblige to pay tax for the benefit of Ghana economy shalom
Joojo 8 years ago

Ex gratia was introduced by JJ Rawlings before he bowed out as president and not Kufuor. That is beside the point anyway. I agree, it has to be scraped. It is unnecessary expenses a young economy like Ghana cannot entertained ...
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Ex gratia was introduced by JJ Rawlings before he bowed out as president and not Kufuor. That is beside the point anyway. I agree, it has to be scraped. It is unnecessary expenses a young economy like Ghana cannot entertained.
AMA 8 years ago

Where were you when NPP was leaving power with ex-gratia, stolen money and stolen bungalows? Just shut up!!

Where were you when NPP was leaving power with ex-gratia, stolen money and stolen bungalows? Just shut up!!
Buffoon Allen & his chaff team of mor 8 years ago

The man who introduced ex- gratia award is the same blood sucking evil man who introduced indemnity clause to protect his ass from his evil deeds. Because there is no man with balls between his legs, the whole of Ghana caught ...
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The man who introduced ex- gratia award is the same blood sucking evil man who introduced indemnity clause to protect his ass from his evil deeds. Because there is no man with balls between his legs, the whole of Ghana caught cold and those imposed shackles remained as such.
Kwame 8 years ago

Everybody claims he is in government to serve but they lie. How many workers take this huge sum of money as exgratia. That's why politicians do any thing to get elected.

Everybody claims he is in government to serve but they lie. How many workers take this huge sum of money as exgratia. That's why politicians do any thing to get elected.
gaddafi 8 years ago

My friend you better coil back into your shell. All that you said before the election is nonsense. If you have any ideas, just keep it to your "fucking" self.

My friend you better coil back into your shell. All that you said before the election is nonsense. If you have any ideas, just keep it to your "fucking" self.

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