How Much Of The National Cake, H.E. The President Of Ghana And His Government Are Cutting For Themselves This Time Around, And When?

In the heat of Ghana's Election 2016 "battle" we have somehow forgotten to care and ask how much of the gargantuan remuneration with its linked ex-gratia, government is carving out for itself at the close of the fifth Parliament of the fourth Republic.

Sadly for mother Ghana, her governments have chosen to decide on their own salaries and allowances through a their own-appointed Commission, only at the end of their term, in fact the last week in some cases. Well, one cannot help seeing through the scheme, since an early declaration of their remuneration would only attract a general unfavorable response from Ghana's labor front.

Obviously, the quantum is not even that big, compared to many advanced countries and some in the African continent. Well I am not surprised that our governments would be interested in comparing their remunerations but not the living standards of the masses for which they were elected to govern.

At any rate, how much are they taking for this term, and why do they wait till leaving office before knowing how much their remunerations are and then compute their ex-gratia on that unilaterally-decided amount! As some put it, the only time Parliament does not argue on an issue is when it is about their conditions of service. If you consider my concerns overflogged, let us know if there is another country or establishment that also does this last day salary disclosure.

Oh Ghana, they will kill us but we will not die, as a colleague usually says! Meanwhile Ghanaians want a feedback on the ten percent deduction off salaries of The Executive as directed by H.E. Prez Mahama, to build CHPS Compounds.