{"id":1239078,"date":"2022-10-31T03:30:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T03:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/31\/30-political-office-holders-salary-cut-will-breed-high-level-corruption-hassan-ayariga\/"},"modified":"2022-10-31T03:30:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T03:30:50","slug":"30-political-office-holders-salary-cut-will-breed-high-level-corruption-hassan-ayariga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/31\/30-political-office-holders-salary-cut-will-breed-high-level-corruption-hassan-ayariga\/","title":{"rendered":"30% political office holders salary cut will &#8216;breed high level corruption&#8217; &#8211; Hassan Ayariga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ayariga_hassan.jpg\" alt=\"30% political office holders salary cut will 'breed high level corruption' - Hassan Ayariga\" class=\" bd-imagestyles-16\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n30% political office holders salary cut will &#8216;breed high level corruption&#8217; &#8211; Hassan Ayariga <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>The founder and leader of the All Peoples Congress (APC) political party, Hassan Ayariga says the 30 percent cut in salaries of political office holders will &#8220;breed high level of corruption.&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>To Ayariga, the political office holders\u00a0&#8220;<span>will find a way of getting it from different angles.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In April, after the Cabinet retreat of the first quarter, and recognising the deteriorating macroeconomy, the government announced a 30 per cent cut in salaries of the President, Vice President, Ministers, Deputy Ministers, MMDCEs and political office holders, amongst other measures.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the nation on Sunday, President Akufo-Addo reiterated that the cut will continue to remain in force.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/april_cut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"884\"\/><\/p>\n<p>But in a reaction, Hassan Ayariga posted on Facebook: &#8220;Mr. President, cutting thirty percent salaries of political office holders will breed high level of CORRUPTION in your government. 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