General News of Thursday, 1 September 2016Source: dailyguideafrica.comMahama increases peacekeeping allowance from $31 to $35President John Dramani Mahama (M)President John Mahama has finally succumbed to pressure from the officers and men of the Ghana Armed Forces over their peacekeeping allowance, increasing it from $31 to $35. According to information available to Daily Guide, the $31 allowance paid to Ghanaian soldiers participating in the United Nations peace keeping operations did not go down well with soldiers. This would imply that each peace­keeping personnel is currently entitled to $45.50 per day, as per the 2016 figure. With each officer currently receiving $31 per day as allowance, $14.5 of the daily allowance is "withheld" ($435 a month per soldier) by the Ghana Armed Forces. A confiden­tial letter dated August 17,2016 signed by the Minister of Defence, Dr Benjamin Kunbuor, addressed to the Executive Secretary of the President titled, "ARMED FORCES COUNCIL DECLA­RATIONS/DECISIONS PERSONNEL ALLOWANCES."

Source: GhanaWeb September 01, 2016 07:30 UTC