The Trades Union Congress (TUC) isn’t happy with salaries for First and Second Lady as it has kicked against that decision.
This comes after a recommendation by the five-member Emolument Committee included the spouses of the President and the Vice President in the salary of Article 71 officeholders.
The TUC posited that despite the fact that Ghanaians appreciate what the First and Second Lady are doing to support women’s rights, child rights and other noble initiatives, it isn’t right to put them on salaries with Cabinet Ministers.
“Ghanaians appreciate what the first and second ladies are doing to support women’s rights, child rights, and other noble initiatives towards social and economic development of our country. But neither the Constitution of Ghana nor the laws of land assign them any official duties and responsibilities.
“Therefore, the Trades Union Congress cannot support the payment of salaries to the spouses of presidents and vice presidents even if the Ntiamoa-Baidu’s Committee recommended the payment of such salaries. It is simply not right for anyone who has not been officially assigned duties and responsibilities in the public service to receive monthly salaries. The Committee probably sought to regularize the payment of allowances which were being paid already. But you cannot regularize the payment of allowances which has no legal basis,”
Meanwhile NDC’s Sam George is also against the payment of salaries for First and Second Lady and has threatened to go to court over the matter.