Ghanaian President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured public workers that their salary won’t stay the same for the next four years.
President Akufo-Addo who spoke at the 11th Quadrennial Delegates Congress of the Trades Union Congress in Kumasi revealed that “salary increments for public sector works have not been frozen for the next four years.”
He said;
“The truth of the matter is that we are not in normal times, and we are appealing to all Ghanaians including organized labour to assist the government in this endeavour to help rebuild our public finances and economy.”
“This [budget] statement appears to contain some difficult but very necessary set of action as evidenced by reactions from some quarters.”
President Akufo-Addo added: “I understand the concerns being expressed especially with regard to the imposition of some new taxes [introduced].”
