Ghana’s majority leader in parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu has defended the payment of salaries and allowances to spouses of the President and Vice-President.
And in his defense, he is of the view that the state needs to support the first and second ladies financially
According to him, the first and second ladies of the country cannot be seeking for jobs to survive after they serve the nation.
He agreed that that are already on a monthly allowance and what is being given to them as recommended by the five-member Professor Ntiamoah-Baidu Committee is just financial support.
The Majority leader was speaking during a recent interview on Accra-based Peace FM where he said; “The first ladies are already receiving allowances since 1993, but it had not been made official…this was creating issues with the Auditor General and so it was decided that legal backing will be given to it”.
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Ewurama Acheampoma