General News of Wednesday, 18 March 2026Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Chairman of the Constitutional Review Committee, Prof Henry Kwasi Prempeh, has strongly criticised the practice of paying retired public officials salaries. “We must scrap the ‘retirement on salary’ compensation practices in our public sector. According to the Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, Ghana spent 44 percent of its total tax revenue on public sector wages in 2025, far above the ECOWAS-recommended threshold of 35 percent. He disclosed that the government generated GH¢183 billion in tax revenue within the period under review. However, the total public sector wage bill alone amounted to GH¢78.9 billion, exceeding the remaining revenue.

Source: GhanaWeb March 18, 2026 14:31 UTC