CEO of collapsed Ghana International Airlines received US$220,000 as annual salary – Bright Simons alleges

Vice President of Imani Africa, Bright Simons, has painted a picture of how heads of state-owned agencies in Ghana are being overpaid.

In a tweet shared on April 3, 2022, Simons indicated that Ghana’s last state-owned carrier, Ghana International Airlines, which had only one aeroplane before it collapsed in 2010 paid its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) US$220,000.

In contrast, he said that the state-owned carrier for Ethiopian, Ethiopian Airlines, paid its CEO who manages 133 aeroplanes as of 2022 an annual salary of $27,000, approximately.

“Ghana’s last State-owned carrier: Ghana International Airlines. Number of planes at time of collapse: 1. Annual CEO Pay at time of collapse: $220,000.

“Ethiopian state-owned carrier: Ethiopian Airlines. Number of planes in 2022: 133 Avg CEO annual pay: ~$27,000,” Simon’s tweet read

This shows that the GIA CEO who was managing only 1 plane was receiving an annual salary that was almost 9 times that of the Ethiopian Airlines CEO who manages over 130 planes.