Chief Executive Officer for the National Entrepreneurship & Innovation Programme (NEIP), Kofi Ofosu Nkansah has mooted an idea that will save Ghana Millions of Cedis.
Currently, the Government of Ghana is cutting off its expenditure in order to be able to run the affairs of the country.
Salaries for Government appointees have been cut by 30%, the Presidency has also cut its expenditure by 30% whiles the country’s budget has been cut by 20%.
But Kofi Ofosu Nkansah believes that ex gratia paid every four years should be made a thing of the past.
He argues that Members of Parliament who are leaving their seats should only be the ones to be paid ex gratia and that will save the country millions of Ghana cedis.
“Let’s begin by putting an end to Ex gratia. It should only be given to persons who are exiting parliament,” he said in a post shared on Facebook.
This subject has been of great concern to some Ghanaians.
Kwame Asare Obeng popularly known as A Plus believes that it should be scrapped entirely because it hurts the country’s finances.
Ex gratia is the only thing both sides in Parliament agree on without any form of opposition in the country.
Source: ghanaweb.com
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IT WAS HEARTLESS NDC KWASI BOCTWAY, IMF STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT DURING RAWLINGS TIME THAT GHANAIANS WENT THROUGH SUCH A DIFFICULT TIME IN GHANA THIS MAN HAVE TAUGHT IN AMERICA KNOWS HOWS SERIOUS AMERICAN TAX LAWS WORK BUT ONCE THEY IN GHANA THEY PEDDLE DIFFERENT AGENDA AND SONGS SO GHANAIANS NEED TO ASK THEMSELVES WHY. BECAUSE IN AMERICA NO ONE ESCAPE THE TAX NET SO WHY GHANA ONLY 2 MILLION ARE PAYING TAXES OUT OF 30 MILLION IT MAKES ANY SHIVERS IN HIS SPINE WHY MOST GHANAIANS LEAVE FOR FREE. IS A QUESTION WE ALL NEED TO ASK.WHY THESE INDIVIDUALS SPEAK DIFFERENTLY WHEN THEY ARE IN GHANA BUT IN AMERICA THE SONG IS DIFFERENT.
the NDC are a bunch of wicked, heartless people who will prefer to make Ghanaians suffer and even die out of hunger and suffering as long as it makes the government unpopular hoping it will get them to power!!! I agree that the exgratia should be cancelled so they also feel the pain Ghanaians are going through as a result of their wickedness!!!!
Kofi, i really do agree with you. This ex-gratia should be abolished to save the nation's economy from going down. I would be the happiest man on earth if the government is able to gather the courage and cancel this free money the nation sprays on MPs
My brother paaaa, do you want the MP's to move a motion and charge you for attacking parliament? Remember that the MP's do not represent the people but themselves, it's because of exgratia, V8 and other goodies they fight tooth and nail to become MP's. From 1992 to date have you ever seen MP's both majority and minority disagreeing on payment of exgratia? When it comes to chop chop they transform into identical twins, no NPP, no NDC. Under the current economic hardships if government increases their pay by 100%, they will take it, Oliver Twist gave birth to all Ghanaian MP's, like father like son, they will always ask for more, those they claim to represent can go to hell. So what you are saying is a no go area.