First and second Ladies salary payment is unconstitutional - UCF
The United Cadres Front of Ghana elaborated on the fact that it would be selfish on the part of the Executive to assume that the wives of the Speaker of Parliament (Head of the Legislature) and the Chief Justice (Head of the Judiciary) cannot be considered to perform some official duties and responsibilities to attract salaries and allowances.
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United Cadres Front of Ghana (UCF) has stated that the attempt to turn the allowances of the First and Second Ladies into salaries is therefore unconstitutional since they are not part of Article 71 holders.
This follows the news that the First and second ladies, H.E Rebecca Akufo and Samira Bawumia respectively are to receive salaries as cabinet ministers.
In a statement signed by the National Chairman of UC of Ghana Comrade Cadre Shine Gaveh, it added that the spouse of the President and that of the Vice President have not been specified under Article 71 of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana.
“It is a known fact that the payments of allowances to spouses of Presidents and Vice Presidents were initiated and effected by the late former President Rawlings’ administration, which has since been handled administratively by the Office of succeeding Presidents as part of privileges”, it explained
“It is simply not right for anyone who has not been officially assigned any duties and responsibilities in the public service to receive monthly salaries. The attempt to turn the allowances of the First and Second Ladies into salaries is therefore unconstitutional since they are not part of Article 71 holders”, it mentioned
“We, members of the United Cadres Front, join all progressive forces, Civil Society Organizations and patriotic citizens to proclaim that the payment of salaries to the spouse of the President and that of the Vice President cannot be justified under any circumstance, even if the Professor Ntiamoa-Baidu’s Committee recommended the illegal payment of such salaries in guise of regularization”, it stressed
It elaborated on the fact that it would be selfish on the part of the Executive to assume that the wives of the Speaker of Parliament (Head of the Legislature) and the Chief Justice (Head of the Judiciary) cannot be considered to perform some official duties and responsibilities to attract salaries and allowances.
“We, therefore, call on the President to ensure that all such payments made at the blind side of taxpayers, effectively since 2017, to his wife and the wife of Vice President are refunded immediately to State coffers”, it stated
Ahenkorah Odura Mary
