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Maverick politician, Charles Kofi Wayo has slammed Ghana�s parliamentarians for demanding a review of their emoluments. The founder and leader of the United Renaissance Party (URP) who has on several occasions incurred the wrath of MPs has once again described the nation�s lawmakers as a �shameless group� for demanding a pay rise. Last week, members of Ghana�s legislature, particularly the minority, threatened industrial action if their concerns over the review of their emoluments were not addressed. President Mills however requested the setting up of a committee to review the provisions of the Professor Ewurama Addy Committee report relating to the conditions of service of Article 71 office holders. However, Kofi Wayo in an interview with Citi News said the demand by parliamentarians are unreasonable and unnecessary. �How can you ask for salary increase when the people of Ghana have no water?" . He added that "all the parliamentarians care about is a pay raise when the minimum wage is about $2 for a whole days work? �. Mr. Wayo added that it is �criminal� for MPs not to take into account the abject poverty of the Ghanaian people and rather demand for a pay rise.