'My 30% Pay Cut Doesn't Affect Me That Much' - Kumasi Mayor | Politics

The 30 p.c lower within the month-to-month salaries of Government appointees to guard the nationwide purse within the midst of the present financial turmoil has began.

Kumasi Mayor, Sam Pyne who made his pay lower for October public has made headlines for the revelation.

“This month, in particular, I can point it out to you that I was paid just GH¢310,” he said on Peace FMincluding that “I have been deducted for arrears that have accrued since the government announced the policy.”

Speaking on NEAT FM's morning present, Ghana MontieMr Sam Pyne stated regardless of the 'GH¢310' left after the lower, he'll “survive' with his family.

“This won't affect me because I have survived doing private businesses before this position,” he famous.

In the face of the financial challenges, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration, some months in the past, introduced that it could deduct 30 p.c of its appointees' salaries to assist save the nearly weak financial system.

Since that point, nothing has been heard concerning the daring gesture by the government, paving means for individuals, particularly detractors of the government, to invest concerning the government's promise.

But the Kumasi Mayor stated he made his public to show how “serious” the president is to revive the financial system.