The First Lady of the Republic, Rebecca Akufo-Addo has announced her decision to refund an amount of GHS899,00 to the state which has been paid her since the President Nana Addoassumed office in 2017.
She has also rejected the emoluments approved for her by Parliament in a statement sighted by pinaxnews.com.
In the statement, the First Lady’s Director of Communications posited that Rebecca Akufo-Addo never requested to be paid allowances but only accepted what already existed due to her status.
The statement signed by Korkor Bleboo 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.
The statement added that the First Lady doesn’t want matters surrounding the emolument to serve as distraction from the good work that the President, who is currently touring the Savannah and Upper West Regions in a bid to develop the state.
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