Tag Archives: INCREMENT

  The government has approved a 23% increment in the base pay within the Single Spine Salary Structure for all public sector workers. This decision follows extensive negotiations with Organized Labour. Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah, announced that the adjustment will be effective from January 1, …

Dr. Ismael Ackah, the executive secretary of the Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC), has provided details on how the Commission settled on an 18.6% tariff increment for the next quarter. He empathized and acknowledged the “current economic challenges”, but cited that although consumer satisfaction is the PURC’s top priority, it …

Students of the Tamale Technical University have kicked against a 15 percent increment in their tuition fees by management. According to the students, the increment was done by management without the consent of the Students Representative Council (SRC). The students, in registering their displeasure with the increment boycotted lectures, today, …

The prices of goods and services increased astronomically in 2022. This was reflected in the record-high inflation rates released by Ghana Statistical Service. The rate as of November 2022 was above 50%. The high inflation rate was attributed mainly to high imports. Ghanaians kept gasping at the galloping rate of …

Public sector workers have called for a 60 per cent increase in the base pay on the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS) for 2023. Base pay is the minimum compensation earned by a worker in exchange for his or her labour and/ or time before any taxes are applied or …

Drunkards in the Central Region have threatened to embark on a demonstration against government over persistent increase in price of Akpeteshie. According to them, the price of one ‘tot’ has shot up in recent weeks making it very difficult for them to afford and enjoy themselves. Some of them who …

The recent increase in transportation fares is creating a lot of commotion in public transport across the country. Just days after the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) increased transport fares by 19 percent and the Concerned Drivers Association by 30 percent, transports fares went up sharply gains without any …

Amidst the current economic hardship, a middle-aged man has reportedly lost his life in a brawl that ensued following a disagreement over a GH₵2 transport fare on Saturday, October 29, 2022. According to a Twitter user, Antwi Edmond, a disgruntled passenger kept complaining in a commercial bus after being told …

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has agreed a 19% increment of transport fares with the government instead of proposed 35% after President Nana Akufo Addo’s intervention.   It takes effect from Saturday, October 29, 2022.   The 19% was short of 35% proposed increment by the GPRTU to …

Persons who consume Coconut in the Ashanti Region should brace themselves for price hikes to correspond with the increment in the recent fuel prices in the country. Coconut Sellers in Ashanti Regional Capital of Kumasi have hinted of an upward adjustment in order to stay in business indicating how unhappy …