My House Help Says I Should Increase Her Salary – Benedicta Gafah Cries On Increase In Prices

Benedicta Gafah, an actress from Kuma Wood, said on her Facebook page on Wednesday that prices had increased significantly as a result of the depreciation of the Ghana cedi relative to the US dollar.

She opened out about a conversation she had with her female housekeeper, who requested a wage increase due to Ghana’s high cost of living.

She claimed to comprehend since everyone was lamenting the high cost of life in Ghana.

Below is her post;

“My househelp politely asked for an increment in her monthly salary, then I asked her why I should do that. She said due to the high prices of basic needs, the money is unable to sustain her for the whole month… And it dawned on me that 1 dollar is now 10gh. So she’s right about it…And I honestly love the fact that she was able to open up to me, not forgetting she’s a single mother as well….And we all know that once the dollar goes up, it rapidly affects the price of every single thing. Interesting times,” she posted.