{"id":14365,"date":"2025-11-11T07:41:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T07:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=14365"},"modified":"2025-11-11T07:41:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T07:41:02","slug":"a-pay-rise-that-feels-like-a-pay-cut-minority-criticise-9-salary-increase-as-betrayal-of-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=14365","title":{"rendered":"A pay rise that feels like a pay cut \u2013 Minority criticise 9% salary increase as betrayal of workers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Minority in Parliament has criticised the government\u2019s decision to raise public sector salaries by 9 per cent, describing it as a \u201cmassive betrayal\u201d of Ghanaian workers facing worsening economic hardship.<\/p>\n

In a statement signed by Ranking Member on the Employment, Labour Relations and Pensions Committee, Mavis Nkansah Boadu, the Minority said the 9 per cent increment is \u201cnot only economically inadequate but a clear demonstration of government\u2019s insensitivity to the daily struggles of ordinary Ghanaian workers.\u201d<\/p>\n

They noted that in the past ten months, \u201ctransport fares, utility tariffs, fuel prices, and the general cost of goods and services have increased astronomically.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Afigya Sekyere East MP’s statement added that inflation continues to erode disposable incomes while the cedi remains unstable.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn such a climate, a mere 9% increment is not only insignificant; it is punitive to hardworking Ghanaians who continue to bear the brunt of the Government\u2019s fiscal indiscipline,\u201d the Minority said.<\/p>\n

The statement compared the current increment to those under the Nana Akufo-Addo administration, pointing out that \u201cpublic sector workers enjoyed considerably higher lifts in salary increment\u201d during that period.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2024 the base salary was increased by averagely 24%. It was increased by approximately 30% in 2023.<\/p>\n

“Prior to that, during earlier years, the increments ranged from about 11% in 2018, 10% in 2019, 15% in 2020 and about 4% plus a 15% interim premium in 2021,\u201d the statement explained.\u00a0 While acknowledging that economic conditions have changed, the Minority argued that \u201cthe stark drop from such double-digit increments into single-digit shows a broken promise to workers.\u201d<\/p>\n

They described the current single-digit increase as \u201cshameful,\u201d saying it comes at a time when the government claims the economy is recovering.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe NPP Government managed to give public sector workers better salary increases even during the COVID-19 pandemic, when global revenues were low. How can the Government justify offering far less now, when the economy is supposedly recovering?\u201d the statement questioned.<\/p>\n

The Minority also criticised the government\u2019s broader fiscal management, saying, \u201cThis administration cannot continue to tax more, borrow more, spend more, and then compensate workers with less.\u201d\u00a0 According to the Afigya Sekyere East MP, \u201cSalary adjustments must be based on the real cost of living, not political optics.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Minority called on the government to reopen negotiations with Organised Labour and propose what it called \u201ca realistic increment matching the current levels of inflation and consumer prices.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnything less than this will be economic injustice for the people whose productivity is driving the nation every day,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Minority remains committed to speaking for the voiceless, protecting the welfare of workers, and ensuring that public policy remains anchored on fairness, equity, and sustainability,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n

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The Minority in Parliament has criticised the government\u2019s decision to raise public sector salaries by 9 per cent, describing it as a \u201cmassive betrayal\u201d of Ghanaian workers facing worsening economic hardship. In a statement signed by Ranking Member on the Employment, Labour Relations and Pensions Committee, Mavis Nkansah Boadu, the Minority said the 9 per […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":14366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,18],"tags":[4494,3547],"class_list":["post-14365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","category-politics","tag-9-salary-increase","tag-minority-in-parliament"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14365","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=14365"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14370,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14365\/revisions\/14370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}