News reaching us is that officially the wives of the President and Vice President will now enjoy salaries from the country.
This was after the Parliament of Ghana approved that the spouses of the President and Vice President should enjoy salaries after government adopted a recommendation by emolument committee.
Prior to this new development, the Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah disclosed that under John Agyekum Kuffour’s government he made arrangement for the First Lady and Second Lady to enjoy allowances but it didn’t have any formal documentation since the beginning of his administration in 2000.
He added that the allowances given to the wife of the President and the Vice President was always considered as part of the privileges of the President and Vice President.
This indicates that they will no longer be enjoying allowances but instead salaries.
Meanwhile accusations were thrown at President Nana Addo that he had unilaterally decided to pay First Lay Mrs. Rebecca Akufo and Second Lady Mrs. Samira Bawumia but Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah debunked that rumour.
