{"id":238749,"date":"2016-08-13T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T10:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=238749"},"modified":"2016-08-13T10:00:46","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T10:00:46","slug":"negativity-over-1-allowance-increment-unfortunate-gaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/negativity-over-1-allowance-increment-unfortunate-gaf\/","title":{"rendered":"Negativity over $1 allowance increment unfortunate – GAF"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Ghana Armed Forces has expressed disappointment about the negative reception by the public to the announcement of a \u00a0one dollar increase in the daily allowance for peacekeepers.<\/p>\n
Government has come under a barrage of criticism following\u00a0the announcement of the increment by President John Dramani Mahama at a durbar at\u00a0the\u00a0Burma camp in Accra on Thursday.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”r8iO3st2qjRpHR1I38bEVHhrKAw3YR2Z”]\u201cTogether with the armed forces council and the high command, we have decided to increase by one dollar a day the rate that is paid to peace keeping soldiers who go out,\u201d President Mahama said.<\/p>\n
Per the announcement, every Ghanaian peacekeeper on a United Nations (UN) mission is expected to benefit from the increase, and President Mahama expressed hope the increment would boost morale in the armed forces.<\/p>\n
Several people have suggested that the one dollar increment, which brings the total amount to 31 dollars a day for each peacekeeper, \u00a0was negligible when compared with increases\u00a0by previous governments.<\/p>\n
The Armed Forces sought to clarify the issue in a statement signed by their Director Public Relations, stating that the increase had been made following an increment by the UN which amounted to just over one dollar.<\/p>\n
According to them, the negativity which has greeted the increase was unfortunate as the government was only passing on the increments made by the UN to the soldiers.<\/p>\n