Tarkwa-Nsuaem Member of Parliament (MP), George Mireku Duker has rebuked the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and a section of the general public for objecting to the Parliamentary approval of salaries for First and Second Ladies.
There is a bone of contention between the government and the opposition NDC over the payment of salaries to the wives of the President and Vice President.
Some critics have also argued that the decision is a breach of Article 71 of the constitution.
NDC Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam George has also threatened a lawsuit over government decision.
”As far as I am aware there was no arrangement for that, the President’s wife and the Vice President’s wife are not article 71 holders.
“I am a Member of Parliament, I personally do not subscribe to that, whether it is an NDC President or an NPP President, your wife is not a Public Officer, you wife is your wife. Are we also going to say that the Spouse of the Chief Justice, the spouse of the Speaker must also be paid? Where do we draw the line. Already they get allowances, they get protection from the state at the expense of the taxpayer and I don’t have a problem with that…”, he argued.
But to Hon. Mireku Duker, the furore generated by the decision, is “embarrassing” to say the least.
