General News of Thursday, 15 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• MPs in the seventh parliament wanted a pay raise but the president rejected it in a January 6, 2021 letter• Akufo-Addo cited public interest as his reason for the rejection• MPs were reacting, on January 5, to recommendations by a presdiential emoluments committeeThe president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo cited public interest when he skillfully rejected a request for pay raise by the seventh Parliament led by Speaker Prof Aaron Mike Oquaye. The president’s letter read: “Much as I appreciate the reasons given for your request for 12.5% salary increment, I believe in the public interest, and to avoid controversy, we maintain the same rate of salary increment across the public sector. “Accordingly, I recommend an 11.4% increase as has been granted public sector workers every year within the span of time,” it added. The revelations in the letter were shared publicly for the first time on Good Evening Ghana program by host Paul Adom-Otchere on Tuesday, July 13, 2021. The recommendations of the emoluments committee have become a topical issue particularly where it recommended the formalization of payments to wives of the president and his vice.

Source: GhanaWeb July 15, 2021 06:00 UTC