Following the First Lady and Second Lady’s decision to refund all allowances paid them since Nana Akufo-Addo assumed office in 2017 some Ghanaians have called on former First Lady Lordina Mahama to refund all allowances she has received from the state.
This comes following criticisms of which the emolument that was recommended by the Prof. Yaa Ntiamao-Baidu which was approved by Parliament received.
Speaking on refunding the allowances in a statement signed by the First Lady’s Director of Communications, it indicated that the First Lady has come to this decision because the public discussion on the emolument approved by Parliament has been laced with some extremely negative opinions, in some cases, which she finds distasteful, seeking to portray her as a venal, self-serving and self-centered woman, who does not care about the plight of the ordinary Ghanaian.
Mr. Gabby Otchere-Darko the cousin of the President has waded into the conversation of calls for Lordina to return the allowances.
In a tweet Gabby asked critics to leave Lordina Mahama alone because she won’t refund any allowances.
”Leave Lordina Mahama alone! She doesn’t have to refund her alawa. Not her fault her husband who says he believes in the 2011 Constitution Review Commission Report’s recommendation to set up an Independent Emoluments Committee yet he never ever saw the need to attempt to do it”, he tweeted
