If you are wondering why officials Youth Employment Agency (YEA) Zoomlion Sanitation Model payment are not calculated by the country’s minimum wage, read the explanation given by the YEA Deputy Chief Executive Ibrahim Bashiru.
The payment received by officials of the Zoomlion Sanitation Model has raised concerns among Ghanaians.
Haruna Iddrisu, the former Minority Leader, has called for action to rectify the disparities in compensation faced by sanitation workers employed by Zoomlion Ghana Limited.
He suggested a direct payment system, where the government compensates the workers instead of going through Zoomlion. During discussions in Parliament, Iddrisu emphasized the need for funds allocated for sanitation services to reach the workers directly.
In response to questions about why the officials are not paid based on Ghana’s minimum wage, the Deputy CEO of the Youth Employment Agency explained that the unique nature of the sanitation model, where workers only work for a few hours each day, makes it impractical to use the minimum wage as a basis for payment calculations.
“The minimum is calculated based on number of hours you worked. This sanitation model is very unique model because they work for only 2 hours and some even work for only an hour and some work for only 30 minutes. So, how do you use minimum wage as a basis to monitor they do?”
“Don’t forget that in our agreement with Zoomlion we have told them that the people will work for 2 hours per day, some work for 1 hour. So, if you worked for 1 hour a day, it means in a month you have worked for 20 hours. A normal worker work for how many hours per day? 8 hours times 20 that is 160 hours but these people work for 20 hours and that is how come we don’t use the minimum wage”.
Former Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has added his voice by calling for an urgent action from both the State and Parliament to rectify the disparities in compensation faced by sanitation workers employed by Zoomlion Ghana Limited. Expressing concern over the significant gap between the state’s payment of approximately GH₵800 to Zoomlion and the much lower remuneration (less than GH₵300) received by the workers, Iddrisu proposed a direct payment system.
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