We’ve tripled the salaries of soldiers and the police – Dominic Nitiwul, Defense Minister

Dominic Nitiwul, Minister of Defence, has revealed that the Akufo-Addo administration has quadrupled the salaries of military and police troops in the previous few months.

He stated that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government in Ghana takes excellent care of its military and police.

The Minister stated on the floor of Parliament that it is always necessary to ensure that the security services are appropriately catered for.

“Mr Speaker, for the Armed Forces in particular, the salaries of the armed forces have been more than tripled. It is the same thing with the police service and the same thing with the other security services because a hungry soldier is an angry soldier. That is why it is important that our security services are well taken care of.

“I will appeal to the people of Ghana to be respectful of people in uniform, it will help all of us. I will not say anything else until we, the committee members, have gone on Thursday to the place and ascertained things for ourselves.”