{UAH} Ghana’s First Lady has decided to refund all allowances paid to her since 2017
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Ghana's First Lady has decided to refund all allowances paid to her since 2017
The First Lady of Ghana, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has decided to refund to the state all the monies paid to her in allowances since 2017 which amounts to GHC899,097.84 (US$151,870.2216).
The First Lady said in a statement "The First Lady in consultation with the President of the Republic has decided to refund all the monies paid to her as allowances from the date of the President's assumption of office, i.e., from January 2017 to date, amounting to GHS899,097.84."
Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo also declined an offer proposed by Professor Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu-led Presidential Committee on Emoluments for Article 71 officeholders which would allow the First Lady Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo receive a salary equivalent to a Cabinet Minister who is a Member of Parliament while her husband is in office and the Payment of a salary equivalent to 80% of the salary of a Minister of State who is a Member of Parliament (MP) if the spouse served one full term as President or 100% of the salary of a Minister of State who is a Member of Parliament (MP) if the spouse served two or more full terms as President.
Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo said in a statement that she has decided not to accept the offer proposed by Professor Ntiamoa-Baidu committee, as approved by parliament.
"The First Lady has also decided not to accept any monies that have been allocated to be paid to her pursuant to the recommendations of the Ntiamoa-Baidu committee, as approved by Parliament. She is doing this as a purely personal decision, without prejudice to the rights of others, and not to undermine the propriety of the process undertaken by Parliament."
In the statement, Mrs Akufo-Addo's Director of Communications argued that the First Lady did not request to be paid any allowance and that "She only received that which existed and attached to her status, albeit informally."
According to the statement, the wife of the president decided because the discussions that greeted the announcement of the allowance payments have been laced with some extremely negative opinions, which she finds distasteful as such commentaries only seek "to portray her as a venal, self-seeking and self-centred woman, who does not care about the plight of the ordinary Ghanaian."
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