GAAM Demands GHC 5000.00 Flat Rate Ex gratia For Outgoing Assembly Members

The Ghana Association of Assembly Members is requesting a flat rate of five thousand Ghana cedis as ex gratia for outgoing members, according to Mr. Ackah Nelson Frank, the Western North Regional President.

He said someone who has served his electoral area for some four years and even more deserves commendation and the peanut proposed by some assemblies won’t be accepted in anyway.

While speaking to the press after the assembly meeting in Bibiani, he expressed his dissatisfaction with the delay in providing ex gratia payments to the outgoing assembly members, noting that it hampers the motivation of the incoming members.

“We don’t need anything below five thousand cedis as our ex gratia. After serving our communities for over four years, we need to commended for our dedications and hard work, so we are calling on the local government ministry to ensure they facilitate payment of our ex gratia as soon as possible,” he stated.

He said”, the MMDAs have no audacity to reduce the amount to what they want which is around five thousand cedis. We are calling on the various MMDCEs to cooperate with us to avoid any Misunderstandings”.

On the other hand, Hon. Ackah Nelson Frank reiterated that the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Municipal Assembly needs unity to forge ahead development. He said the unwanted banter at the assembly meetings must be a thing of the past.

He urged the leadership of the assembly to be tolerance and law abiding to ensure the assembly members also follow suits.

“We now have the standing orders to deal with matters pertaining to discipline and others and I know things will change as we are going forward, I will plead with all to be law abiding and follow the standing orders if truly we want development in the Municipality”, he noted.

“I will entreat the leadership of the assembly to be tolerance, they should accept their mistakes where is due and I think we can make progress if we are to leave behind our egos and differences.”

He called on the new assembly members to work harder and faster for the development of their communities, to get the nod while seeking for another term.

“I know some of the assembly members are new and I will urge them to be cooperative, they should work harder for the betterment of the various communities, in so doing we can grow Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai”, he concluded.