SSSS- Single Spine Salary Structure for the Public Sector workers in Ghana

250% pay rise for the least person in the Police Service.!!!.

The new public sector pay policy, the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS), comes into effect on 1 st July 2010, as a unified salary structure that places all public sector employees on one vertical structure with incremental pay points from the lowest to the highest level.

The structure ensured that jobs within the same job value range were paid within the same pay range, adding that placement of the SSSS would be done on the basis of the grade structure constructed from the job evaluation exercise. It is said that the new pay policy has a 25-level unified salary structure for the public service, as well as classification of public service jobs.

In just two days after its partially implementation, a survey reports that about 92% of final students in the University of Ghana students are now willing to enroll as police officers looking at their current pay scheme.

The question, many people are asking is that, when is the next police recruitment exercise commencing?
Your guess is just as mine. Trust me, you will even see PhD graduates who had no intentions of joining the Police Service picking forms. Hope our security will not be left to incapable staff in the service who are solely there for their welfare.

Arsene Wenger says England need Arsenal's Frimpong

Arsene Wenger has urged the Football Association to act quickly to persuade Arsenal's young midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong to play for England.

                     Frimpong in England U-18 team against Germany in 2008

The 18-year-old, who was born in Accra but moved to London in 2000, played for England Under-16 and Under-18s, but has indicated he wishes to play for Ghana.

Wenger said: "Here you have a boy who can choose between England and Ghana.

"So if I was in your place, I would have no hesitation and invite him to play very quickly for England.

The Arsenal manager's praise followed his side's 3-2 victory over Celtic, which ensured the Gunners clinched the pre-season Emirates Cup.

Carlos Vela, Bacary Sagna and Samir Nasri were on the scoresheet for Arsenal, but it was Frimpong's former England Under-18 teammate Jack Wilshere who impressed the Gunners boss and won the man-of-the-match accolade.

"I believe he is stronger than last year, physically, and the few months he played (on loan) at Bolton has given him something," Wenger continued.

"He will be used at the club, of course. The problem at that age is to be patient. If you look at the number of good players we have in midfield, nobody can guarantee a position to anybody."

Credits: http://news.bbc.co.uk