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Friday, October 16, 2009

Ghana@50 probe: Wereku-Brobby demands salary arrears
Audrey Micah, Ghanadot

Accra, Oct 16, Ghanadot - Chief Executive Officer of the defunct Ghana@50 secretariat has made an audacious demand for his salary which he said is in arrears for several months.

Dr. Wereko-Brobbey at his third and final appearance to the commission probing into the organization of Ghana’s fiftieth birthday on Thursday disclosed he had been paid only 50 per cent of his salary, and hoped payments of his arrears will duly be honoured.

He was engaged with a start-up salary of $5,000 per month which was subject for review, he indicated.

His demands for 38 months salary of work done however drew fervent reactions from the commissioners and supporting staff who were either not impressed with the time frame for which the salary was being claimed, or why he as the head of the Ghana@50 secretariat had not received his salary when his staff had been paid all entitlements.

One of counsels for the commission, Mrs. Barbara Tetteh-Charway who was not too convinced with the additional claims of nine months salary demanded documentations to substantiate the claims.

She was privy to a memorandum submitted by Mr Brobby in which he (Brobby) had been paid half of 29 months salary and was not convinced about his subsequent claims for 38 months.

He said he had “documentations” as well as “physical manifestations” of the fact that he was still at post up until February 7, 2009 and could make them available if counsel so pleases.