Below is President Wife Salary in Ghana
First Lady of Ghana, Rebecca Akufo-Addo refund monies she receives as an allowance from 2017 to date.
She submit the Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited cheque number to de Chief of Staff with the full amount of de money.
Inside a letter to Chief of Staff, Mrs. Shirley Laryea who sign de statement mention say:
“Dem direct me forward Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited cheque number 000002 for the amount of Ghc899,097.84.”
“Which be a full refund for monies she receives from 7th January 2017 to date” de letter addsed.
First Lady of Ghana, Rebecca Akufo-Addo on Tuesday 13 July offers to refund allowances dem take since 2017.
Shortly after her decision, Second Lady Samira Bawumia also take the same decision as the wife of de Vice Prez since 2017.
Both of dem also reject salaries wey government plan to give dem after a proposal from the emoluments committee.
Salary of Ghana First Lady: Background
De payment of salaries to first and second ladies dey stir public anger among some Ghanaians.
Some feel the government dey spends taxpayers money in the wrong place.
Per de proposed arrangement, First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo go collect Ghc 21,000 ($3500) per month, wey dem go backdate am to 2017.
Dis go sum up Ghc 1,134,000 (about $191,268) which she goes take as back pay, de second lady to go enjoy same benefits.
Ghana start moves to pay de first and second lady monthly salaries as financial rewards to dem.
Per de new arrangements, wives of de Prez and Vice Prez go earn monthly salaries at the de level of cabinet ministers in de country.
Di Emoluments committee for parliament recommendation is the sake of dem feel say First Lady and Second Lady dey struggle to run their office.
According to de Committee, de payment of monthly salaries to dem be based on humanitarian grounds.
Government adopts de recommendations of wey de parliament approve am subsequently.