A communication team member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwesi Botchwey has advised President Akufo-Addo not to accept and implement the Prof. Ntiamoah-Baidu Emoluments Committee recommendation for the formalization of salaries for the first and second ladies.
Parliament has already approved recommendations of the Prof Yaa Ntiamoah-Baidu-led Committee on emoluments for Article 71 officeholders for which spouses of the President and Vice President will receive the same monthly salaries as Cabinet Ministers.
Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, had also explained that the payment of allowances to spouses of Presidents and Vice Presidents is not a new phenomenon.
According to him, the allowance payments were instituted under the Kufuor administration but were only being formalised by the current government.
But Kwesi Botchwey in his submission noted that the salaries should not be implemented.
He posited that the government under Akufo-Addo will not relent in its efforts in ensuring transparency and accountability.
The President is on course to ensure that he will deliver on his promises.
But insisted that the recommendation should not be implemented because it is unconstitutional.
He added that the recommendation is not legally binding and the committee also went beyond their mandate and it was up to parliament to have rejected it.
In his personal view, he said I reject this recommendation.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com