President Mahama donates his six months’ salary to Ghana Medical Trust Fund

President Mahama has donated six months of his salary to the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, popularly known as Mahama Cares.

President Mahama launched the Mahama Cares programme at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) in Accra on Tuesday, April 29.

After the launch of the programme, Minister of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu wrote on his Facebook page that ” President Mahama donates six months of his salary to the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (Mahama Cares).”

Per the Prof Yaa Ntiamoah Baidu report on Emoluments for Article 71 Office Holders dated 2020, the President’s salary is GHC47,277.00. If this amount is multiplied by 6, it means President Mahama has donated an amount of GHC330,939.00 to the Fund.

President John Dramani Mahama, while launching the Fund pleaded with the private sector to commit their corporate social responsibility to the Mahama Cares.

“I want to encourage corporate Ghana, businesses, the mines, the banks, and all the other companies, that this Ghana Medical Trust Fund, is coming to your clients who save their monies in your banks or do business with you. Some of them are even your own staff.

“So, as part of your Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), if you give anything, consider that you are giving to your own staff or customers.

“So, I would like to encourage all corporations in Ghana, both private and public, to at the end of the year, donate some portion of their annual CSR to Ghana Medical Fund because it is going to do a lot of good to the country,” he stated.