Former President John Dramani Mahama has disclosed that he is not fully benefitting from emoluments he is entitled to as a former Head of State.
He says all he receives from the government currently is his monthly pension and that all other bills the state must cater for have not been attended to since he left office in 2017.
In an exclusive interview with TV3, Mahama said he is currently footing a myriad of bills among others his own light bills, fuel, office rent and travel bills.
“I receive only my monthly pension, like President Kufuor or President Rawlings was receiving until he died. That is all I get.
“I pay the electricity bill for my house, for my office. I pay the water bill for my house and my office. I live in my own accommodation so the state does not pay me anything for accommodation.
“They haven’t given me an office, I rent an office in East Cantonments, I pay the rent myself, I pay for my own fuel, the state doesn’t give me fuel. I pay my own domestic staff, I pay my own medical bills. I pay my own air tickets when I travel,” he added.
Mahama was responding to recent claims by New Patriotic Party chairman for the Bono Region, Kwame Baffoe Abronye, who claimed the former president has been paid millions in lieu of ex-gratia payments.
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Oh! Wow🤣 So why the need to be a president again?
Okay, please continue to handle those bills yourself, that's your modest contribution to mother Ghana. From 1996 you have been an MP, deputy minister, minister, Vice President , President and now former president, in all these the Ghanaian tax payer have handled all your burdens for 20 years ie 1996-2016, electricity, water, fuel, allowances, accommodation, food, health care, clothing, telecomminications, transport etc.Abaaaaa, just a few years after leaving office here you are complaining. Don't be surprised your primary school teachers are still paying all these, some of them from their meagre pension. The president of Ghana doesn't pay tax, so who's taxes should be used to fund all these demands, a country where leaders don't practice what they preach. A practical example of George Owell's '***barred word*** FARM'. Politics good, all other public sector jobs bad.
The battle line is now drawn. Wait for AY's response!