[ 2017-03-24 ]

Western region men demand highest pay in Ghana – Report
It has emerged that urban men in the Western
region of Ghana demand the highest minimum salary
in Ghana.

The latest Ghana Labour Force Survey Report by the
Ghana Statistical Service said the men in the
urban localities of the region demand as much as
1,604 cedis a month as pay.

However, urban women in the same region demand the
lowest minimum wage in Ghana of 132 cedis.

According to the report, women in the Ashanti
region, demand the highest minimum wage per
month.

The survey which adopts the relaxed definition of
unemployment in Ghana, puts Ghana’s unemployment
rate at 11.9 percent as at 2015.

It noted that on the average, the unemployed want
a monthly salary of 297.25 cedis. This represents
about thirteen percent more compared to the
national daily minimum wage of 264 cedis.

Men in the urban locality of the Upper West region
were the second highest quoting 687.63 cedis.

The third, fourth and fifth are quoted by the men
in Brong Ahafo, Volta and Central regions at
573.29, 573.08 and 507.45 cedis respectively.

Shockingly, the men in the urban areas of the
Greater Accra region quoted the 6th highest figure
of 225.91 cedis.

However, men in the urban areas of the Eastern
region demand the lowest monthly minimum wage of
128.32 cedis.

This is immediately preceded by Northern region,
Upper East region and Ashanti region at 160.19,
164.55 and 213. 59 cedis respectively.

Meanwhile unemployed women in the Ashanti region
quoted the highest monthly minimum wage of 407.53
cedis.
The second highest was quoted by women in the
Volta region at 268.54 cedis.

The third, fourth and fifth were quoted by women
in the Brong Ahafo, Upper East and Eastern regions
with 215.08, 206.17 and 198.76 cedis
respectively.

In sharp contrast, women in urban areas of the
Western region demand the lowest monthly minimum
wage of 132. 34 cedis.

They are immediately preceded by women in the
Upper West, Northern and Central regions with 183.
35, 187.03 and 188 cedis respectively.

Like their male counterparts, women in urban areas
of the Greater Accra region emerged at the eighth
position with 183.43 cedis.

According to the coordinators of the project, the
differences in economic conditions partly
accounted for the wage quotations for the
respective areas.

Commenting on the development, Labour Analyst
Austin Gammey however cautioned that it will be
challenging for employers as Ghana’s economy
compels businesses to offer lower wages due to
high cost of operations.

“How much can an employer afford to pay is based
upon his or her income; that will have to be
considered and that is why I mentioned trade
unions, employers, government will have to take a
look at the way we negotiate and engage one
another in one way or another.”
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Source - citibsinessnews.com

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