Management of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has proposed a 300 percent increase in the allowances of beneficiaries of its sanitation module under a new waste management agreement.
This follows the suspension of its contract with waste management firm, Zoomlion Ghana Limited over concerns of the payment of GHC258 to beneficiaries of the sanitation module.
Speaking to journalists after appearing before the Public Accounts Committee, the Chief Executive Officer of the YEA, Malik Basintale said a committee has been established to assess all tenders for a waste management service provider.
“When I took office, I swore by my late grandfather’s grave that no contract would be signed to pay GH¢258. That figure is unacceptable in this modern era. In any future contract, we will not go below the minimum wage. We are looking at having close to 300 percent increase,” he stressed.
He also disclosed that about 5000 beneficiaries who have vacated post will lose out on their two-month salaries.
“We have not discovered ghost names; what we found are individuals who were absent. Those at post have been validated, but those absent will lose two months’ pay.
“Beneficiaries who were validated can attest that their allowances have already been credited to their accounts,” he explained.
