The General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) John Boadu has called on Lordina Mahama the wife of the Ex-president John Mahama to refund all monies or allowances paid to her between January 2009 and June 2021 during their term in office.
He made this comment following the first lady; Rebecca Akufo-Addo has decided to pay back all monies paid to her since 2017.
Mr. Boadu in an interview emphasized that Lordina Mahama must as a matter of urgency, refund all monies paid to her since January 2017 till now including those she received as far back as 2009.
“The monies she (Lordina Mahama) has received from that time till now would amount to GHC3.2 million,” he said.
The Ghanaian media landscape has been awash with criticisms of the Ntiamoah Commission’s decision to regularize allowances paid to First and Second Ladies, whether past, present, or in future.
An impression was created by a section of the general public including the TUC, NDC, and some civil society organizations that only Mrs. Rebecca Akuffo-Addo and Hajia Samira Bawumia are beneficiaries of these allowances being turned into salaries.
These misconceptions and vitriolic attacks have led to the First Lady declining the decision of the Committee and indicating her decision to refund all monies paid to her since January 2017.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Abba Kwegyirba Aggrey
