The 10 per cent voluntary pay cut by the President and his appointees has yielded more than GH¢300,000.
The amount is expected to be used to build Community-based Health and Planning Systems (CHPS) compounds in the country.
Background
In his budget statement to Parliament in November last year, the Finance Minister, Mr Seth Terkper, announced the plan by President John Mahama and his appointees to voluntarily have 10 per cent of their salaries deducted for the purpose of building CHPS compounds.
Mr Terkper was expected to disclose the details of the total amount of proceeds realized from the deduction yesterday but he could not do so due to the fact that he was outside the country.
Written response
However, in a June 18, 2014 written response to Parliament, Mr Terkper said GH¢327,363.69 had been raised as of May 2014 following the opening of a bank account on January 31, 2014.
It did not indicate whether the CHPS compounds, intended to expand healthcare delivery in the country, had been constructed.
Weaning
On proposals to wean some subvented agencies off the government payroll, Mr Terkper said 12 agencies had been identified for that purpose. “The initial fact-finding meetings held with some of those agencies revealed that they are interested in the weaning-off exercise but have some challenges with regard to their enabling acts which must be amended to allow for a review of their fees, levies and charges in order to generate more revenue,” he explained.
He did not mention the agencies in the correspondence to Parliament.
Mr Terkper said a sub-committee was still working to see how best some of those challenges could be addressed.
