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Governance expert, Dr. Benjamin Otchere-Ankrah Governance expert, Dr. Benjamin Otchere-Ankrah has slammed the Members of Parliament over the latest twist on the issue of salary payment to the President and Vice President’s spouses. Prof. Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu Committee set up by the President of the Republic, Nana Akufo-Addo, to look into the emoluments of Article 71 office holders recommended that a salary equivalent to a Cabinet Minister who is a Member of Parliament (MP) should be paid to the...

play videoDean of the School of Performing Arts of the University of Ghana, Prof. Kofi Agyekum Dean of the School of Performing Arts of the University of Ghana, Professor Kofi Agyekum, popularly known as Opanyin Agyekum has bemoaned the attitude of Ghanaians regarding the refund of allowances by First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo and Second Lady Samira Bawumia. The President and Vice President’s spouses have over the weeks been at the centre of public bashing since Prof. Ntiamoa-Baidu Committee�...

MP for Builsa South constituency, Clement Apaak Member of Parliament (MP) for Builsa South constituency, Clement Apaak has mounted a defense for former First Lady, Lordina Mahama, following calls on her by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to refund lawful allowances paid to her between January 2009 and June 2021 by the state. Dr Clement Apaak explained that, the monies paid to Mrs Mahama are “legitimate, recognised and lawful allowance she has received over the period.” Pressure is mounting on...

  Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has emphatically stated that the House neither discussed nor approve salaries and allowances for Presidential Spouses as being bandied about. According to him, members of parliament were not even provided with a copy of the Prof. Ntiamoah Baidu committees report to peruse. Threw Down the Gauntlet Okay Fms " Ade Akye Abia" programme, the NDC MP stressed that the committees report did not even make it to the floor of parliame...

  The Minority in Parliament has served notice to rely on the Chairman of the Public Account Committee (PAC) to write officially to the Auditor-General (A-G) to audit the account of the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo. This follows the decision of the First Lady to refund the GH¢899,000 allowances she has received from the state since 2017. Yesterday, the Office of the President released a press statement that it had received a cheque covering the amount from Mrs Akufo-Addo. Addressing the...

  Social commentator, Bernard Allotey Jacobs has lauded First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo and Second Lady Samira Bawumia over the refund of their allowances. Critics have condemned the payment of salaries to the President and Veeps wives. To some Ghanaians, there is no need for the First and Second Ladies to receive monthly salaries as recommended by the Professor Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu Committee. Due to what she terms as  “extremely negative opinions” from critics, the First Lady in consultatio...

Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide, Kweku Baako, has thrown his weight behind formalization of the payment of allowances cum salaries to President and Vice Presidents spouses. The President, Nana Akufo-Addo, set up a Committee to consider formalizing the payment of emoluments for Article 71 office holders. The Committee named Prof. Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu, submitting their recommendations to the President, suggested that a salary equivalent to a Cabinet Minister who is a Member of Parliament...

  President Kennedy’s Executive Order 11085 (February 22, 1963) re-established the Medal of Freedom as the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Barack Obama awarded 132 medals between 2009 and 2017, making the record for the Medal awarded by a President. President Obama Awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Vice President Biden Welcome to the White House, everybody.  As I have already delivered my farewell address, I will try to be relatively brief.  But I just wanted to get some folks t...

  The National Youth Wing of the New Patriotic Party led by Henry Nana Boakye Esq (Nana B), a young lawyer, leader, political activist and youth advocate and his two able deputies, Pepertual Lomokie and Joseph Kwayaja, in the spirit of accountability, have set out to take stock of their stewardship for the three years they have been in office. Their inclusive leadership style and determination to see the youth succeed, has led to a number of successes, including steering the Youth to play a cr...

  Governance Lecturer of the Central University, Dr. Benjamin Otchere-Ankrah has condemned the government’s decision to pay wives of the President and Vice President. Parliament has officially approved that the spouses of the President and Vice President will from now receive salaries. The First and Second Ladies salaries are considered as part of the privileges of the President and Vice President. “The President does approve salaries and benefits for the Executive. Under Article 71, the ...