Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), Samuel Awuku, has indicated that an employee cleaner at his outfit does not take home less than GHC1,600 home at the end of the month.

He made this revelation in an interview with Lexis Bill on JoyNews' Personality Profile show.

In an excerpt of the interview which airs today at 7 pm, Mr Awuku said upon his arrival at the NLA, the amount paid to cleaners was GHC700 - a figure that has increased by over 100 per cent during his tenure.

"When I got to the NLA, the least paid person was a ground operator, those who clean our compound and they were taking GHC700. Today, that JHS graduate or SHS person that we will normally employ as a ground operator now takes home not less than GHC1,600," he said.

In August 2021, the then-National Organizer of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Samuel Kwabena Awuku was appointed the new Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA). Mr Awuku replaced Mr Kofi Osei Ameyaw.