Government pays GH¢24,750 million to MPs as rent allowance

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OLD SOLDIER 8 years ago

When Kwaku Baako informed us about the atrocities of Kwesi Pratt during PNDC Regime, some of us did not believe until the truth was confirmed during the NRC. Kwesi Pratt is the most dangerous Journalist Ghana had ever have, h ...
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When Kwaku Baako informed us about the atrocities of Kwesi Pratt during PNDC Regime, some of us did not believe until the truth was confirmed during the NRC. Kwesi Pratt is the most dangerous Journalist Ghana had ever have, he had the gut to recommend his fellow journalists to be executed by PNDC. Pratt even recommended Baako to be killed by the regime, thank God Baako was instead touchered violently and severely but his life was spared. This is what Kwesi Pratt can do. Now Pratt is a secret agent to NDC and US Embassy in Ghana. May God forgive Pratt and spare him the untold evils that will come upon him and his generations. The souls of those journalist killed through Pratt's recommendations to PNDC will never forgive Pratt. Now Pratt has the guts to take Diplomatic Passport and smuggled his weak-headed children to work at the Ministries under Mills NDC, may God forgive Pratt and his dependance and spare them of the evils ahead of them...
APONKYE 8 years ago

Could this happen under a military regime. This looting must stop.

Could this happen under a military regime. This looting must stop.
Eborenasa 8 years ago

It is only fools who would think this day will never come. How to do expect this mps to retrieve their money they invested to make that ugly dwarf a president? Believe this is just the beginning more of such stories are yet ...
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It is only fools who would think this day will never come. How to do expect this mps to retrieve their money they invested to make that ugly dwarf a president? Believe this is just the beginning more of such stories are yet to come. Ghana is broke indeed. Bawumia and his dwarf boss will pay the price for all their lies they told gullible Ghanaians
Kwame )dikro Amponsah 8 years ago

Ugly but useful! Kwasiakwa!!!! freedoms of speech ama mboa bi s3 wo 3ya ano!

Ugly but useful! Kwasiakwa!!!! freedoms of speech ama mboa bi s3 wo 3ya ano!
Oh ho 8 years ago

Congressmen maintain homes in their states and live in 1 or 2 bedroom apartments in DC. Those whose states are close by eg Joe Biden go home daily.
There is NO NEED to rent houses for MPs in Accra

Congressmen maintain homes in their states and live in 1 or 2 bedroom apartments in DC. Those whose states are close by eg Joe Biden go home daily.
There is NO NEED to rent houses for MPs in Accra
P Djamgbe 8 years ago

Yes there is. MPs deserve accommodation allowances, the problem here is the amount involved. A government that claims Ghana's economy is damaged beyond repair sees the need to dish out a whopping GHc90,000 to an individual as ...
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Yes there is. MPs deserve accommodation allowances, the problem here is the amount involved. A government that claims Ghana's economy is damaged beyond repair sees the need to dish out a whopping GHc90,000 to an individual as an allowance? By the way I'm not surprised: as far as I am concerned all (African) politicians are thieves, so this is not strange to me.
Uncle Pee 8 years ago

If this information is true, the rent allowance for MPs must be abolished as soon as possible. Are the MPs not paid by the tax payer? These are among the leakages in our system!

If this information is true, the rent allowance for MPs must be abolished as soon as possible. Are the MPs not paid by the tax payer? These are among the leakages in our system!
Adjei Anan 8 years ago

Our MPs are thieves. They just agree and silently loot our state coffers. In even the rich nations you don't see this.

Our MPs are thieves. They just agree and silently loot our state coffers. In even the rich nations you don't see this.
Reiopim 8 years ago

Very childish and populist. Is this the first time. What has been put in place. Until a permanent solution is found, what should we do. I think we should be realistic and not knock people's heads together to sell your paper a ...
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Very childish and populist. Is this the first time. What has been put in place. Until a permanent solution is found, what should we do. I think we should be realistic and not knock people's heads together to sell your paper and incite the population against the govt.
OLD SOLDIER 8 years ago

Let's deal with issues at stake instead of personality attacks.I think it's about time the STATE houses our numerous MPs.For how long will this INSANE and ABUSE of the PUBLIC PURSE .........?

Let's deal with issues at stake instead of personality attacks.I think it's about time the STATE houses our numerous MPs.For how long will this INSANE and ABUSE of the PUBLIC PURSE .........?

BERNARD 8 years ago

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Paul 8 years ago

Is that how Akuffo Addo is going to protect the public purse? That man is a hypocrite. He says one thing and does another. If we are not careful Ghana will fail.

Is that how Akuffo Addo is going to protect the public purse? That man is a hypocrite. He says one thing and does another. If we are not careful Ghana will fail.
Tema 8 years ago

NPP they came to destroy Gh

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Ben of Agona 8 years ago

Nana Addo is a thief and very corrupt just like his late father. How does he justify this looting when many of these MPs already have homes in Accra? Our health system is failing and our education infrastructure is rotten. Is ...
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Nana Addo is a thief and very corrupt just like his late father. How does he justify this looting when many of these MPs already have homes in Accra? Our health system is failing and our education infrastructure is rotten. Is there no any better use of the tax payers money?
Frank, Mataheko 8 years ago

Legal thieves! And now they want more protection BCOS their counterparts in the uk have been attacked. Do they protect civilians with the same speed and alacrity in the face of similar attacks? Thieves, bandits, armed robbers ...
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Legal thieves! And now they want more protection BCOS their counterparts in the uk have been attacked. Do they protect civilians with the same speed and alacrity in the face of similar attacks? Thieves, bandits, armed robbers, misleaders, pirates, parasites, oppressors, suppressors. one day one day.
Nana Kwojo 8 years ago

So Can we build some bungalows for Ghanaian MP,You use it's when you are appointed as an MP you leve when your time is up so the next MP will came stay in,why this so much money to rent ooooh ma God something is not right.

So Can we build some bungalows for Ghanaian MP,You use it's when you are appointed as an MP you leve when your time is up so the next MP will came stay in,why this so much money to rent ooooh ma God something is not right.
kkk 8 years ago

There's an MP flat in sakumono that has been left to rot.

There's an MP flat in sakumono that has been left to rot.
Richie 8 years ago

How on earth should we pay rent allowances for MPs, most public workers in Ghana use their salaries to rent house.Are these MPs trying to say they are different or what.With the huge salaries they collect they still want rent ...
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How on earth should we pay rent allowances for MPs, most public workers in Ghana use their salaries to rent house.Are these MPs trying to say they are different or what.With the huge salaries they collect they still want rent allowance or my God
AMB 8 years ago

Come on the MPs will have to have places to live and serve the nation on our behalf. They have to live in homes befitting their status. I think the c90000 for 4 years is rather too small to get them decent homes. Lets not mak ...
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Come on the MPs will have to have places to live and serve the nation on our behalf. They have to live in homes befitting their status. I think the c90000 for 4 years is rather too small to get them decent homes. Lets not make our MPs live in misery.

Odikro Mununkum 8 years ago

Ghana has a colonial governing system them that needs a tremendous transformatio to help Ghana grow.

Ghana has a colonial governing system them that needs a tremendous transformatio to help Ghana grow.
Ameyaw Benjamin aka Ghana first 8 years ago

This shows how insensitive politicians are to the ordinary Ghanaian. How can you pay hooping ghc90,000 to one mp as rent allowance mean why poor teachers who went through training without any allowance are denied their arrear ...
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This shows how insensitive politicians are to the ordinary Ghanaian. How can you pay hooping ghc90,000 to one mp as rent allowance mean why poor teachers who went through training without any allowance are denied their arrears for the work they have legitimately done
please mr president pay the poor teachers all their arrears for we voted for you to help all of us not only politicians
Equator 8 years ago

My heart bleeds for Ghana & Africa. God mercy on Black African

My heart bleeds for Ghana & Africa. God mercy on Black African
Kobby 8 years ago

You don't want to pay the NSS people what they deserve but managed to pay these crooks.The NSS people must teach them a lesson in the next election.

You don't want to pay the NSS people what they deserve but managed to pay these crooks.The NSS people must teach them a lesson in the next election.
Teacher OPK 8 years ago

When i read such news, i quickly become dishearten....oohhh mother ghana.
And u want me as a Teacher to deliver my best....apuuùuu
You are trying to tell we the citizenry that, being an MP four onli four years, is better t ...
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When i read such news, i quickly become dishearten....oohhh mother ghana.
And u want me as a Teacher to deliver my best....apuuùuu
You are trying to tell we the citizenry that, being an MP four onli four years, is better than be a civil servant for your entire life (40yrs)
If this thing continous......one day what will happwn in this country wont be fair kora ooo.....
Why MP who is a human being like i am, takes 13000ghc as monthly salary, 90000ghc as rent, 400000ghc as ex gratia plus all committee allowance in four years and you give a prof. Teacher 1000ghc and you want quality education.hmmmmm
We shall see, we all dey this country.
Why.....are MPs super humans....Ghana will continue to fail if this nonsense did not stop.....
Nkwasiasem aaa kwakwa....
It will get to a time no body will vote in this country.....you lets wait and see.......
Sign
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tyga eye 8 years ago

Oh Ama Ghana, I look on helplessly as the masses of ma people suffer whilst the few mediocre servants( politicians) tend to live in luxury. How I so much desire to go back to colonial era 4 the sake of the suffering masses wh ...
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Oh Ama Ghana, I look on helplessly as the masses of ma people suffer whilst the few mediocre servants( politicians) tend to live in luxury. How I so much desire to go back to colonial era 4 the sake of the suffering masses who look on helplessly. Ghana, a beautiful country, well endowed with natural resources suffer the greed,parochialism n sycophancy from past n incumbent leaders. Oh Ama Ghana, ma heart bleeds 4 ma teeming youth n generation unborn.I however, take solace in the fact that posterity wl judge the few mediocre servants ( politicians).
Ike 8 years ago

This is crazy can't we for ones be serious? 90000 cedis for rent? Ooo no

This is crazy can't we for ones be serious? 90000 cedis for rent? Ooo no
qerch 8 years ago

America sef don't do this

America sef don't do this
Mana from heaven 8 years ago

Very painful injustice!!! You are a minister, you live in a government bungalow, you still collect GHc90,000 to pay for rent? Oh no Ghana!!! But, playfully it takes years for people on retirement to be paid their small gratu ...
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Very painful injustice!!! You are a minister, you live in a government bungalow, you still collect GHc90,000 to pay for rent? Oh no Ghana!!! But, playfully it takes years for people on retirement to be paid their small gratuity ... Some as low as ghc15,000 for for over 30 years public service. Their monthly pension arrears are never paid!!!! They say ministry of finance has not released funds nor approved request by CAGD for payment. These MPs have no shame.
Bak 8 years ago

I sure almost all 275 mps have a house in Accra.MPs rent allowance has increase 90% while Ghana workers salary still remain the same.politicians God parish all of you

I sure almost all 275 mps have a house in Accra.MPs rent allowance has increase 90% while Ghana workers salary still remain the same.politicians God parish all of you

Paul 8 years ago

And they can't pay the new NSS allowance with the excuse it wasn't captured in the budget. One would ask was this 24 million Cedis plus rent allowance for these MPs captured in the previous, supplementary budget, Since accor ...
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And they can't pay the new NSS allowance with the excuse it wasn't captured in the budget. One would ask was this 24 million Cedis plus rent allowance for these MPs captured in the previous, supplementary budget, Since according to the NSS the recent budget has not been approved yet? Akuffo is a serious disappointment to especially students. It's clear he came to enrich himself, family and cronies.
Mohammed Mohammed 8 years ago

And so what

And so what
Asonaba 8 years ago

Why not acquire some piece of land and build a mansion for them and let the police guide them at all time to safe the state from paying this huge sum of amount to them? Since our democracy is not going to be a nine day wonde ...
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Why not acquire some piece of land and build a mansion for them and let the police guide them at all time to safe the state from paying this huge sum of amount to them? Since our democracy is not going to be a nine day wonder.
xxyz 8 years ago

return State vehicles you have stolen, fool

return State vehicles you have stolen, fool
One nation 8 years ago

This country is doomed forever .These politicians regardless of which parties they belong are all thieves . There is no future in such country with this kinda of so called politians . May God have mercy on the ordinary ghan ...
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This country is doomed forever .These politicians regardless of which parties they belong are all thieves . There is no future in such country with this kinda of so called politians . May God have mercy on the ordinary ghanaian people
Alfa 8 years ago

Country men and women, you have to now that it is only the political power that has changed hands, nothing else has changed and nothing will change. We need a savior.

Country men and women, you have to now that it is only the political power that has changed hands, nothing else has changed and nothing will change. We need a savior.
Joe 8 years ago

They all agree among themselves to take it quietly on the blind side of the citizenry and tell the masses that there is no money to pay the 10% increase in national service allowance or it is not captured by the budjet. Worke ...
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They all agree among themselves to take it quietly on the blind side of the citizenry and tell the masses that there is no money to pay the 10% increase in national service allowance or it is not captured by the budjet. Workers do not take any money for their rent apart from the meager peanut they call salary. At the end of your 20 to 30 years or more service to the country you should be lucky to get 10,000.00 Cedis as your end of service benefit. No doubt people are killing themselves to get into politics.
Eddie Quansah 8 years ago

This is Ridiculous, is very huge sum of money that is sinking our beloved country. If the government can build house that can occupy them n after their term of serving the national u vacate the building like the way Military ...
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This is Ridiculous, is very huge sum of money that is sinking our beloved country. If the government can build house that can occupy them n after their term of serving the national u vacate the building like the way Military personal vacate barrack's wen they go on retirement.

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