Concerned Assembly Members Association of Ghana calls on government to fix the welfare challenges else.

FIX THE WELFARE CHALLENGES OF ASSEMBLY MEMBERS NOW OR FACE OUR WRATH - CONCERNED ASSEMBLY MEMBERS ASSOCIATION OF GHANA(CAMAG).

We the members of Concerned Assembly Members Association of Ghana (CAMAG) have observe with a great shock, the zeal and the speed upon which the government intends to pay the wives of the President and his Vice President and also how a loan agreement to purchase Vehicles for members of Parliament for the Republic of Ghana has been rush to parliament seeking for approval meanwhile, Assembly Members have been sworn in since 2019, common motorbikes to assist us perform our daily activities the government has not been able to procure not to talk of  how quality these motor bikes will be.

It is also absurd and shock to note that, assembly members have been crying to government to pay us allowance to compensate our effort in keeping the local base of our local governance system but the government has turned a deaf ear to our call but was in a hurry to pay the wives of the President and his Vice President a monthly salary not even an allowance.

It is also shocking to note that, the last ex-gratia for the previous assembly has not been fully paid as in the case in some districts in the country meanwhile, we the assembly members has consistently advocate with proposals that the end of service benefits due assembly members must be charge as against the consolidated accounts in other to address inequalities in the payment of ex-gratia and we have also suggested a number of ways these can be achieve but the government then again has turned a deaf ear but was in a hurry to review emoluments for article 71 holders.

It is in view of this that we are sending a notice to the government that, enough is enough, and that the government must start addressing the welfare challenges of assembly members now.

 *We also demand immediate response to the following concerns;* 

1. Payment of monthly allowance to assembly members

2. Timely release of our motor bikes and involvement of leaders of various registered associations of assembly members in the procurement process.

3. Payment of end of service benefits (ex-gratia) should be charged as against the consolidated accounts to address inequalities that arise.

We can only hope that government will use same speed and urgency it used in sitting up a committee to approve payment of salary to the wives of the President and his Vice President and how a loan agreement to purchase Vehicles for members of Parliament for the Republic of Ghana has been rush to parliament seeking for approval to address these challenges facing assembly members anything short of this will lead to actions that won’t be pleasing to the government.

GOD BLESS OUR HOMELAND GHANA

DAVID ATTA TWUM

NATIONAL COORDINATOR.