I don't take salary or per diem - Ken Ofori-Atta
He said the issue of public service has been with this family for a long time, and he intends to maintain the family 'tradition'
Jonas Danquah 
The Finance Minister-nominee, Ken Ofori-Atta says he does not take salaries or per diem for his work in government.
He disclosed this during his vetting before Parliament’s Appointments Committee on Thursday, March 25, 2021.
“I suspect you know that the issue of public service is one that really has been with the family [Ofori-Atta family] for a long time and I came into it with that aspect. I do not take a salary, I do not take per diem, so those are not the objectives that I come with,” he said as quoted by citinewsroom.
But he argued that the longevity of Databank in the country makes it easy for it to have many people affiliated with it to be in influential positions now.
“If you look outside the State, you will see that because of the 30 years in which the firm has run on values and skills, our alumni are everywhere in the banking and financial institutions of deep influence in what they do,” he said.
Meanwhile, Mr. Ofori-Atta says the government will be fair to public sector workers during negotiations for salary adjustments.
According to him, the government has already demonstrated good faith with workers hence the peaceful labour environment in the country.
Mr. Ofori-Atta told the Appointments Committee that government understands the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on workers and will do well to be fair with them when it’s time to negotiate salaries
