Togbe Afede XIV, the Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State has said the work of the council of state does not merit ex-gratia.
The traditional ruler believes serving on the council of state is a privilege and not an avenue to demand compensation.
Speaking in an interview with Accra based Joy News, Togbe Afede said “Let me subject this to a bit of analysis, that will respect also the situation in our country and the plight of the average Ghanaian. Some people must not be made to look like a different class of people, but coming to my particular case, the council of state work is part-time work.
“… The council of state work must not take you away from what you have already been doing and therefore it is not a case that you need to be compensated at the end of it all as if you are being thrown out of your job.”
“So I do not think that the work that I did merited it. But let me assure you that I was one of the most active participants in the council of state, and I was chairman of the economic and special development committee which never met without me.
“Nonetheless I can’t deny the fact that it was part-time work and it was not a full-time work … and I did it for four years, that I deserve a colossal GHC365,000,” Togbe Afede XIV added.
Listen to Togbe Afede in the attached audio below:
Fred Dzakpata
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