There is only one place in the world this caption would hold. GH. When the President met the press makers early this month, he cast a positive and confident picture in the minds of all, boasting of 2011 been an Action Year. Well, it seems to be coming to fruition!
First, the MPs, who were appoited by their respective eletorates after they presented themselves for those positions have asked for a pay rise. It seems, they are trying to be the first in line for any dashes by the current administration. With inflation at an all-time low of 8.58%, but a high possibility of it responding to the 30% petroleum price hike, (http://www.ghananewslink.com/index.php?id=11128) the MPs are proving to be the masters of Forward Trading. They want to secure and maintain their liquidity by negotiating a pay rise now.
Or perhaps, the MPs are looking to accumulate enough funds to contest for the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections in 2012. With the NPP setting the price of application forms for any aspiring MP willing to contest on the ticket of the party at GHC 16000, it looks like everybody would want to save for that fateful rainy day. Afterall, majority, if not all of them have already spent big and huge sums of money supporting their favourites at the recently held assembly election, which by constitutional conditions, remais technically non-partisan. Better still, some have already started lobbying for votes and public support from the successfull assembly men and women. Given that elections are just around the corner, and the president’s promise of more action-which means more money to spend- it’s rather odd and disturbing that our law makers are asking for more money. Not to even mention what is going on the streets of Accra and Kumasi….
AFAG-allegedly an invention of the NPP- and its supposed sister in Kumasi have launched demonstrations in two of Ghana’s biggest cities, to drive home the challenges of the majority of us. No jobs, prices have gone up, and yet certain people want better pay. And still, our own Kofi Jumo says that paying GHC 1600 to contest for leadership is not enough. All these, only in Ghana
January 26, 2011
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