30% Salary Deduction From Ministers’ Pay Begins

The Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, has authorized the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) to begin deducting 30% of all government employees’ wages on April 1, 2022.

The instruction was given by Cabinet at its first Special Meeting of the year, held on Monday 21st March 2022, according to a letter from the Presidency dated 19th April 2022.

“With effect from 1st April to December 2022, the Controller and Accountant General Department and Chief Executives of State Owned Agencies (SOEs) are directed to deduct at source 30% of the salaries of ministers of states (including Deputy Minsters), District Chief Executives of MMDAs, Chief Executive officers and Deputy Chief Executive officers of SOEs, and pay some into the consolidated fund,” the Chief of Staff at the Presidency, Akosua Frema Ose

She went on to say that heads of SoEs should ask the Controller and Accountant General for the information of the precise bank account into which the deductions should be paid.

All political appointees and heads of MDAs, MMDAs, and SoEs would receive a 50 percent reduction in fuel allocation beginning April 1, 2022.

The letter said, “This instruction applies to all methods of gasoline allocation, including coupons, electronic cards, chit systems, and fuel depot collections.”

Attached is portion of the letter from the Presidency