Mr Thomas Duanab Wuni Pearson, the immediate-past District Chief Executive (DCE) for Talensi in the Upper East Region, has lamented the poor remuneration of DCEs in the country, especially those in rural areas.
He shockingly disclosed that he lived on a GH¢5,000 monthly salary, which could not sustain his immediate family amid having to part with some money as a politician occasionally.
The former New Patriotic Party(NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for the Talensi Constituency did not mince words in stating that he became worse off as a DCE given the meagre salary and the growing demands from constituents and residents of the area.
Comparing and contrasting his benefits as a staff of the Ghana Health Service(GHS) prior to his political appointment, he disclosed on Bolgatanga-based Dreamz Fm that “I became worse off by becoming a DCE. I became worse off in terms of everything, financially, especially.”
According to him, DCEs were paid a paltry GH¢5000 monthly salary, which was not enough to feed his immediate family, let alone extend other gestures to extended family and friends. “GH¢5000 cannot feed my family. But I was forced to live on GH¢5,000. I became worse off because the economy had taken a nosedive, and in trying to work back, so many things were not available for me. Rural districts suffered and our personal remuneration was terrible.” He lamented.
