Soaring wage bill will cripple Ghana, says IMF

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• Pelicles 12 years ago

  When Mahama won the presidency, the first thing he did is to review his salary with astronomical increment including four year back pay. The nation feed, bath, cloth, shelter etc him for free so, does he need any pay increa ...
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  When Mahama won the presidency, the first thing he did is to review his salary with astronomical increment including four year back pay. The nation feed, bath, cloth, shelter etc him for free so, does he need any pay increase?
  
  Now, if the president had set the tone, why can't other do the same? We are witness to the huge amount of money given to parliamentarians as rent loans and the "exgratia nonsense" so, why can't other workers demand their fair share?
  
  Ghana will collapse under National Dumsor Congress.

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• CY 12 years ago

  Blame our law makers for accepting interments that promotes needless fiscal challenges.

  Blame our law makers for accepting interments that promotes needless fiscal challenges.

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• nii 12 years ago

  All major countries have Gold reservse as back up currency, why not the 2nd largest producer of Gold.
  We always listen 2 these western countries 2 tell us their nonesense 2 continue 2 controll us. Let us not be FOOLS & ID ...
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  All major countries have Gold reservse as back up currency, why not the 2nd largest producer of Gold.
  We always listen 2 these western countries 2 tell us their nonesense 2 continue 2 controll us. Let us not be FOOLS & IDIOTS listening 2 the SAME NONESENSE.

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• Professor of Ignorance 12 years ago

  NPP is responsible as they introduced the SSSS when they knew that productivity has not matched with wage increase. NPP is currently encourage workers to strike and demand high wages when the total productivity from each Ghan ...
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  NPP is responsible as they introduced the SSSS when they knew that productivity has not matched with wage increase. NPP is currently encourage workers to strike and demand high wages when the total productivity from each Ghanaian has not increased to the level of payment required. Shame on you NPP for playing politics with your economy. Wait for PNC to win in 2016 and we will show you how Ghana economy should be managed.

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• Tawia 12 years ago

  Professor of Ignorance, you are ignorant indeed! In fact, if you don't know what you are talking about, then keep your mouth shut. Yes this SSSS is the brain child of NPP, but it is President Atta Mills and the NDC government ...
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  Professor of Ignorance, you are ignorant indeed! In fact, if you don't know what you are talking about, then keep your mouth shut. Yes this SSSS is the brain child of NPP, but it is President Atta Mills and the NDC government who partly implemented it to suit their own political course. As a gesture to win electoral votes they firstly migrated the military and police personnel among others on to the SSSS and in so doing doubling or even trippling their pay. That's why they(military & police) voted massively for NDC and Mahama. The consequence is that other workers who are also rendering services for the good of our country see the need to have pay increases. Why not, if on top of all that the Parliamentarians, Ministers, Deputy Ministers and the President himself are getting more pay. And what about the XXXL size of Mahama's government, which could be reduced by 1/3 to save money? So you see, Prof. Ignorance, the shame actually is on President Mahama and the NDC government. I don't know what PNC can do in 2016 or thereafter, but for now if the NDC government does not work hard to change our fortunes Ghana will indeed go broke and this will not be the first time anyway. I'm sure you haven't forgotten about those HIPC years after the second term of Rawlings and NDC government in 2000.

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• Kofi 12 years ago

  This is why we didn't need more MPs, ministers and other non-productive positions. Maybe, the politicians should not have increased their salaries. Now since we all go to the same market, everyone wants a raise. We leaders re ...
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  This is why we didn't need more MPs, ministers and other non-productive positions. Maybe, the politicians should not have increased their salaries. Now since we all go to the same market, everyone wants a raise. We leaders refuse to sacrifice a little, who should?

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• K Man 12 years ago

  There is a lot of waste and inefficiency in the public sector that a significant amount of the pay rises could be mitigated in the mid term by making the processes and work practices of public sector workers more efficient. N ...
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  There is a lot of waste and inefficiency in the public sector that a significant amount of the pay rises could be mitigated in the mid term by making the processes and work practices of public sector workers more efficient. No more old men sitting in offices, swerving the public or asking for bribes or losing information in binders full of papers.
  
  Plus government should start to focus on increasing corporate tax revenues, specifically with mineral resources. These companies know that Ghana has been an easy ride for long but are willing to pay more because the riches in the country are too much, government if competent should use this to generate more tax revenue to help balance the budget.

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• Clef Don Tutti 12 years ago

  Ghana is a country full of unfortunate leaders who do not research or have any international consultation prior to borrowing money. The reason being they do not care who pays the price, This country keeps going deep into borr ...
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  Ghana is a country full of unfortunate leaders who do not research or have any international consultation prior to borrowing money. The reason being they do not care who pays the price, This country keeps going deep into borrowing and keeping the debts high. IMF and other international monetary bodies are aware of the mess but because they will end up getting all loans paid back in doubles, it is NOT in their best interest to educate or monitor spending, whether it goes into infrastructure or it goes into some kinda flamboyant spending.

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