Former President John Kufuor has waded into the public outrage regarding the huge monthly salary that was paid the former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana COCOBOD. According to him, the amount of money paid an individual is not an issue if his or her job brings huge returns to the state. The disclosure of … Read more
The plans by the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to cut down the salaries of top management will not flout any laws, a Labour Consultant, Austin Gamey has said. Speaking to Citi News, Mr. Gamey said COCOBOD’s new approach to remuneration would not be out of the ordinary as long as it was within legal boundaries … Read more
The new Board Chairman of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Hackman Owusu-Agyeman, believes the slashing of the “outrageous” salaries of COCOBOD’s top management is only a reasonable step to align the Board with the state remuneration structure. “COCOBOD is a state institution. It cannot be taken out of the context of the overall remuneration structure … Read more
The new Board Chairman of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Hackman Owusu-Agyeman, believes the slashing of the “outrageous” salaries of COCOBOD’s top management is only a reasonable step to align the Board with the state remuneration structure. “COCOBOD is a state institution. It cannot be taken out of the context of the overall remuneration structure … Read more
The newly sworn-in Chairman of the Ghana COCOBOD, Mr. Hackman Owusu-Agyeman has disclosed that the US$1.8 billion Cocoa Syndicated Loan meant for this year’s cocoa production season has been exhausted despite outstanding payments yet to made. According to him, it is worrying that the funds were all not invested in the cocoa sector to improve … Read more
The new Board Chairman of the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), Hackman Owusu-Agyeman, believes the slashing of the “outrageous” salaries of Cocobod’s top management is only a reasonable step to align the Board with the state remuneration structure. “Cocobod is a state institution. It cannot be taken out of the context of the overall remuneration structure … Read more
The new Board Chairman of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Hackman Owusu-Agyeman, believes the slashing of the “outrageous” salaries of COCOBOD’s top management is only a reasonable step to align the Board with the state remuneration structure. “COCOBOD is a state institution. It cannot be taken out of the context of the overall remuneration structure … Read more
Former Black Starlets coach Frimpong Manso has revealed that he was not entitled to a salary during his reign as a national team trainer. Coach Manso noted that he was normally compensated as the coach of the Starlets during his reign. The issue of national team coaches not being rewarded with a monthly salary apart … Read more
The Zimbabwean government has agreed to pay Christmas bonuses of last year next month. The agreement averts a day-old sit-in strike by civil servants. Just as the government pays salaries, the bonuses will be paid in batches, starting next month. Public workers, mostly teachers, began a strike today to push the government to pay 2016 … Read more
The perennial complaints by governments of public sector wage bills being inundated with corrupt practices such as false claims and ghost names will now be dealt with by the database of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta Thursday announced that from April 2017, “all workers who have not been biometrically … Read more
The Institute for Fiscal Studies, a finance and economic think-tank based in Ghana, says the current practice, whereby expenditure on wages and salaries consumes an increasing share of revenue to the government, is not sustainable, especially given that the size of public sector employment relative to the labour force is declining. Therefore, the rate of … Read more
A South African government official who granted himself a 350% pay rise has been sacked. Collins Letsoalo was supposed to be “Mr Fix-it” – brought in to clean up corruption and waste at South Africa’s troubled railways authority. But soon after his arrival last year at Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa, Mr Letsoalo allegedly … Read more
The Chief Executive of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), Mr George Smith-Graham, has resigned after seven years of service in pay administration in the country. He tendered in his resignation to President Akufo-Addo last Wednesday, with a copy of the letter to the Public Services Commission (PSC). Employed from a private financial institution, … Read more
The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) is expressing worry over the sudden resignation of CEO for Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, George Smith-Graham. The union describes his exit as a shock and an irreparable loss to the labour front. George Smith Graham who resigned on Wednesday February 8 said he was going to pursue … Read more
The Chief Executive of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), Mr George Smith Graham has explained that he tendered in his resignation after seven years of service in pay administration in the country because he was moving on to engage in a different challenge. According to him, he was convinced that it was time … Read more
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called on the country’s state postal operator to reconsider the pay awarded to its chief executive. It has emerged that Ahmed Fahour earned A$5.6m ($4.3m; £3.4m) last year – more than ten times the PM’s salary. Mr Turnbull said the remuneration was “too high”. Australia Post defended the payout, … Read more
Sometimes I ask myself if National Service should be compulsory for all Ghanaian graduates? Even the name, “National Service”, in my opinion is a misnomer. It should have been national “suffering” instead. My opinion on that topic is different. Fast forward, let us engage our imaginations now. The contribution of National Service Personnel to our … Read more
Management of the Ghana Interbank Payments and Settlement System (GhIPSS) has expressed its readiness to roll on civil servants onto the Ezwich platform if approved by the Controller and Accountant Generals Department. The process was started late last year when the civil service association agreed to allow 10 percent of salaries of civil servants to … Read more
Management of the Ghana Interbank Payments and Settlement System (GhIPSS) has expressed its readiness to roll on civil servants onto the Ezwich platform if approved by the Controller and Accountant Generals Department. The process was started late last year when the civil service association agreed to allow 10 percent of salaries of civil servants to … Read more
National Service personnel in the country have expressed disappointment with government that their January allowance did not reflect the increase announced by the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government. The NDC, before leaving government, in December 2016 increased allowances of service personnel by 60 per cent. Personnel were to receive a monthly allowance of GHS559 … Read more