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Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has slammed persons pressuring former First Lady Lordina Mahama to return allowances paid to her.
His comment follows First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo’s decision to refund the money paid to her in the form of allowances, amounting to GHC899,097.84 from January 2017 to date.
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In a Twitter post, he stated that Mrs Mahama does not have to return the allowances allocated to her as a First Lady and now as a former First Lady.
“Leave Lordina Mahama alone! She doesn’t have to refund her alawa,” tweeted. Otchere-Darko.
Leave Lordina Mahama alone! She doesn’t have to refund her alawa. Not her fault her husband who says he believes in the 2011 Constitution Review Commission Report’s recommendation to set up an Independent Emoluments Committee yet he never ever saw the need to attempt to do it.
— Gabby Otchere-Darko (@GabbyDarko) July 14, 2021
John Boadu, the General Secretary of the NPP, had called on Mrs Mahama to return monies paid to her from 2009, amounting to 3.2 million Ghana cedis.
The decision of the government to adopt the recommendation of an emolument committee to ensure that the spouses of the President and Vice President are paid for their roles monthly.
There have been various reactions, with many pushing against the idea.
The likes of former President John Dramani Mahama, and Kwame Baffoe Abronye, the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), have labelled the idea unconstitutional spouses aren’t over.
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He is challenging the idea at the Supreme court, arguing that it is unconstitutional.
The South Dayi MP says the suit filed at the court to stop the payment of salaries and allowances to First and Second Ladies will not be affected by this decision of the presidential spouses to return the funds.
Source: Ghanaarticles.com
