{"id":1104803,"date":"2022-05-30T23:20:53","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T23:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/30\/okudzeto-ablakwa-makes-shocking-revelation-about-salaries-of-presidential-staffers\/"},"modified":"2022-05-30T23:20:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T23:20:53","slug":"okudzeto-ablakwa-makes-shocking-revelation-about-salaries-of-presidential-staffers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/30\/okudzeto-ablakwa-makes-shocking-revelation-about-salaries-of-presidential-staffers\/","title":{"rendered":"Okudzeto Ablakwa makes shocking revelation about salaries of presidential staffers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Samuel-Okudzeto-Ablakwa_5-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa_5\"\/><\/div>\n<p>MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has revealed that the salaries of presidential staffers shot up from GH\u00a2136.2m in 2020 to GH\u00a2823.8m in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>He attributed the increase to the creation of \u201camorphous positions\u201d at the Office of Government Machinery.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on Facebook, he claimed that, \u201cIt is significant to observe from the 2021 Budget Statement \u2014 the year most of these amorphous positions were created at the Office of Government Machinery, that their Wages and Salaries shot up astronomically to GH\u00a2823.8million from just GH\u00a2136.2million in 2020 (an increment by a staggering 508.4%).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Ok.jpg\" alt=\"Salaries of presidential staffers shot up from \u00a2136m to \u00a2823m in one year \u2013 Okudzeto Ablakwa\" class=\"wp-image-10032096724\" title=\"Salaries of presidential staffers shot up from \u00a2136m to \u00a2823m in one year \u2013 Okudzeto Ablakwa\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cCompared with that of the entire Parliamentary Service ( non-parliamentarians), GH\u00a2201.1million was budgeted in 2021 from GH\u00a2140.4million in 2020 (representing an increase of 43.2%). Placed in perspective, the OGM salary increase by an additional GH\u00a2687.6million in one year (508.4%) is more than the GH\u00a2672million needed to pay NABCo workers for an entire year (see page 241 of 2021 Budget),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Mr Ablakwa said this notwithstanding, NABCo workers remain unpaid for seven months.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"jzXLtdl2rXY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kpandai Police Commander urges children to report parents who aid early marriages (30-5-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jzXLtdl2rXY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has revealed that the salaries of presidential staffers shot up from GH\u00a2136.2m in 2020 to GH\u00a2823.8m in 2021. 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