Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin has quashed claims by some people that all government appointees who agreed to donate 50% of their three months' salary to the Coronavirus Trust Fund were forced to do so.
The Chief of Staff at the Office of the President, ministers of state, senior government officials, presidential staffers and aides at the Presidency all pledged 50 percent of their salaries for the next three months to the COVID-19 Fund.
This gesture came about when President Akufo-Addo after setting up the fund donated his three months salary, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia also followed suit.
Mr Arhin says the appointees thought it wise to do same and support the fight against COVID-19 and were not forced to do it.
"Nobody was forced to donate to this COVID-19 fund, we all did this for the best so we believe we just have to manage for the next 3 months".
The Fund is to be managed by an eight-member independent Board of Trustees led by former Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo.
So far, the government has received significant offers of assistance from individuals and institutions, with many others expressing the eagerness to contribute to the Fund.
The Sunon Asogli Power Ghana Limited and the Africa World Airlines Limited (AWA) Sunday, March 29, presented 200,000 dollars to support government's efforts.
The Kwadaso branch of the Ghana Baptist Convention also, on Sunday, presented a cheque for 100,000 Ghana cedis to government.
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the most important thing right now to do is for people to stay at home.
10 suggestions: 1) 50% pay cut for all political office holders; 2) Reduce by 60% the number of Ministers and Presidential Staffers; 3) Close and realign many of the Ministries which would become redundant after the ministerial downsizing; 4) Lay off all Personal/Special Assistants to Ministers and Presidential Staffers; 5) Suspend all Ex-Gratia payments; 6) Interim closure of at least 50% of our diplomatic missions abroad and recall staff to Accra; 7) Cancel contracts of all consultants in the public sector; 8)Put a freeze on all prestige projects which can wait including the national cathedral, marine drive project, new passport office and the regional coordinating council offices for the six new regions; 9) Suspend the phenomenon of free fuel for the category of public servants who benefit; 10) Repeal all tax waivers granted in recent years for non-essential services and commodities with the view to abolishing the practice moving forward.
where were you when Mahama ministers were using part of their salaries to build CHIPS compound.
God bless you all.