Former President John Mahama has been criticized for comments made regarding First and Second Ladies' salaries.
Mr Mahama in a Facebook post rejected the payment of monthly salaries, describing the Ntiamoa-Baidu Committee's recommendation as "inappropriate".
The former President also questioned the decision to recommend the payment of monthly salaries pegged at the level of a Cabinet Minister to both the First Lady and wife of the Vice President, asking: “and why did Parliament also approve this recommendation without a review?”
Reacting to this in a panel discussion on Peace FM morning show 'Kokrokoo' John Boadu, the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who expressed shock at the former President's comment, wondered if his wife, Lordina Mahama told him she was receiving an allowance when she was the First Lady.
"This is coming from someone who has been a President before; he was the leader of the opposition party and you would expect that he knew all of this...but to deliberately mislead the public...maybe his wife didn't tell him she was receiving an allowance...to deliberately mislead the people it is possible that his wife didn't tell him of her allowance" he opined.
Listen to him in the video below
Meanwhile, pressure continues to mount on Mrs. Lordina Mahama to refund her allowance.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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i believe Ray and Kay are attacking John Boadu unnecessarily. they do not also understand the issue at stake that is why they are insulting Boadu. Now with little education, Spouses of presidents and their Vice Presidents receive allowance, which is a money paid to them from state coffers. From Nkrumah to date, Presidents and Vice Presidents wives have been receiving it. the current government wants to change the allowances to salaries and people have raised eye brows. i would say that Ghanaians should opt for salaries because salaries is taxed whiles allowances receive no taxes. we all know what taxes are used for? Moreover, salaries are paid with transparency whiles allowances, especially, among politicians are done in secrecy. Do we now know how much allowances were paid to Lordina Mahama?
Lordina received allowances which were unlawful and she must refund them, period. I want to believe that Lordina didn't know it was illegal just like Rebecca. Now Lordina knows it and Rebecca has done the honourable thing and Lordina should do the same as her husband John Mahama agrees. If Lordina does not do it, a formal legal action is coming to compel her to do it. As a principled man - Ablakwa, please advise her before it is too late.
I am shocked a platform as yours would have this as a headline on your portal. Smh..... What is the sense in this question for it to be publicized as such. Please be fair to Ghanaians by not giving such arrogance platform to thrive or risk losing your market base. We are wise enough not to be falling for these arrogant and unintelligent rebuttals. They and He especially are doing more harm than good to their party as some of us floating are becoming more and more aware of their disregard for the well-being of the common Ghanaian who for the majority. God help us
As for John boadu, he's become soon ***barred word*** that he speaks loosely. Only God will judge u and your cohorts. Nemesis will surely catch up with you. U and oppong nkrumah were so gentle until u two started moving the mother serpent so u now behave like such