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John Ntim Fordjour, Member of Parliament for Assin South and former Deputy Minister of Education, has sharply criticized Seth Terkper, a senior presidential advisor on the economy, over his defence of the government's recent 10% salary increase for public sector workers.

The clash erupted following Terkper's attempt to rationalize the controversial pay rise in a post on X, where he tied wage increases to inflation trends.

In his X post, Seth Terkper argued, "When inflation rises to a high 50% plus, a 20% plus wage rise is inevitable.