Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, Hon Frank Annor Dompreh has refused to accept claims that “systems” are to be blamed for the double salary saga that has hit some Members of Parliament (MPs), drawn from the Minority side.
To him, the glitch cannot simply be blamed on the inefficiencies of the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD), since that outfit is manned being humans.
A couple of former government appointees in the erstwhile Mahama-led administration have been frothing with rage over allegations that they received double salaries as MPs and also as Ministers or Deputy Ministers.
They accuse the government of intimidation and have vowed to resist attempts to use the security agencies to witch-hunt them.
While some analyst argue the double payments may have arisen from lack of synchronisation of the payment systems for MPs and ministers, others say the anomaly occurred because it is a normal custom being practiced by every set of government.
Whilst the Parliamentary Service pays MPs, the Controller and Accountant General’s department pays ministers and their deputies.
MPs who were appointed ministers and deputy ministers, it is believed, took their salaries both as MPs and as Ministers.
The Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service is currently investigating the matter and is inviting some accused persons for questioning.
Although it annulled the invitation of 18 out of the 25 accused persons last week, it said it would soon reinvite them to help in investigations.
At a press conference last week, the Minority Spokesperson on Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson said the accusation is only geared towards unnecessarily “criminalizing and harassing” Minority MPs.
Speaking on The Big Issue on Saturday, he said although the beneficiary MPs must equally share the blame for not notifying the Controller and Accountant General’s Department, the department had a greater responsibility of ensuring that the right salaries were paid
Contributing to a panel discussion on Peace fm’s ‘Kokrokoo’ the Member of Parliament [MP] for Nsawam/Adoagyiri, advised that citizens found of associating all corrupt practices with “our system”, should desist from such comments and rather speak against what is not right.
“Let’s stop associating our system to the double salaries received saga, for there is nothing wrong with our system, it is us, (individuals at the helm of affairs) who have made it so,” he said.
Hon Frank Annor Dompreh stated that it is not a best practice for a president to be always blamed for a mess caused. There are institutions in place to check-up on issues relating to their field of work, since the president alone cannot monitor or make sure the right thing is done in every sector.
“Indeed our various institutions must take up their mandates assigned them to keep the country moving and in good shape, for the president cannot do it alone”
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Some of us outside Ghana listen to Kookrokoo on PeaceFM online but the latest program downloaded was on April 13, 2018. Today is April 18, 2018. What's going on Kwame Sefa Kayi?
These dis-honorable members can not tell us that they did not know how much they were supposed to take as their salaries. I am tempted to say that they even took more than the vice president, what smartness was that.Now they are caught they want to use ignorance as an excuse? Come on they are lawyers and must know the evil of ignorance.The evil men do lives after them.
crimials, u take double salary and call your self ministers and minority member, ghana people will go on demonstration and sack all criminals in ghana ,***barred word***, gh pp. ***barred word*** pp, when you were taking the monies, was that ur salaries, ***barred word***,
Now that they've been caught, they want us to blame systems? The MPs are very much aware of the extra payment but deliberately kept it for years. They're an apology of honorables. FIRE BURN THEM ALL!
so haruna iddrisu, who, from his legon days, has always parassited on public funds, will not STOP THIS PARASITISM eh? and the stuuuuppppid ppl in tamale who are brokke continue to vote for him to chop whiles they eatttt fecessss. ***barred word*** fuor
What about current appointees who are taking rent allowance but have managed to secure government bungalow? If government is keen on eliminating corruption, the can take this up and clean the system.
im disappointed in you Annor Dompre. are you a spoke person for ndc??? please leave them to carry their own cross okay? the money they took is for Ghanians and not forAnnor dompre and sons company okay?
The crusading Spear!