{"id":11643,"date":"2025-07-15T12:04:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T12:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=11643"},"modified":"2025-07-15T12:04:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T12:04:29","slug":"govt-begins-payment-of-monthly-allowances-to-assembly-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=11643","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t begins payment of monthly allowances to Assembly Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy, and Religious Affairs has commenced the payment of monthly allowances to all Assembly Members across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Each Assembly Member will receive GH\u20b51,300 per month, the Minister, Ahmed Ibrahim, announced at a press briefing on Monday, July 14.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the initiative forms part of the government\u2019s broader effort to strengthen grassroots governance under the\u00a0<em>Resetting Ghana Agenda<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Minister, a total of GH\u20b523.6 million has already been disbursed to cover payments for April and May, following the release of GH\u20b525 million by the Ministry of Finance.<\/p>\n<p>The amount represents the first tranche of the GH\u20b5100 million earmarked for the initiative in the 2025 national budget.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 9,085 Assembly Members are expected to benefit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe objective is to enhance their capacity and equip them with financial resources and logistics to deepen monitoring for all government projects being implemented in their various manifesto pledges,\u201d the Minister stated.<\/p>\n<h6><em>Disclaimer: The content provided on Fish FM Online is for informational and entertainment purposes only. While we strive for accuracy, we do not guarantee the completeness, reliability, or timeliness of the information presented. Fish FM Online and its affiliates are not responsible for any errors or omissions, nor for any decisions made based on the content available on our platform.<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy, and Religious Affairs has commenced the payment of monthly allowances to all Assembly Members across the country. Each Assembly Member will receive GH\u20b51,300 per month, the Minister, Ahmed Ibrahim, announced at a press briefing on Monday, July 14. He explained that the initiative forms part of the government\u2019s broader [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":11644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[952,3534],"class_list":["post-11643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","tag-assembly-members","tag-ministry-of-local-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11645,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11643\/revisions\/11645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}