Kwame Baffoe Abronye, popularly known as Abronye DC, the Bono Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has filed a court action over the emoluments said to have been approved by Parliament for spouses of the President and the Vice President.
In Abronye’s application filed at the Supreme Court on Thursday, July 8, 2021, Abronye DC prayed the apex court to rule that the Presidential Spouse Emoluments is null and void.
Abronye DC insisted that the First and the Second Ladies do not fall under Article 71 officer holders, hence the committee set up to determine salaries and gratuities for Article 71 officeholders erred in its recommendation.
“A declaration that the approval by Parliament to pay salaries to the First and Second Ladies is inconsistent with Article 71 clauses 1 and 2 of the 1992 constitution of the Republic of Ghana and consequently be declared null, void, and unenforceable.”
“A declaration that, per article 71 (1) and (2), the position of the First and Second Ladies of Ghana do not fall under the category of public officeholders.”
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Joseph Asare
