Salaries for first and second ladies unacceptable

Salaries for first and second ladies unacceptable - TUC

The government of Ghana, through it's Parliament,has approved for the first and second ladies of the nation to be given salaries . The salaries according to sources are to be pegged at that of Cabinet Ministers.

The Trades Union Congress, has however, expressed their disapproval in supporting this act.

Speaking to PEX NEWS, the Deputy General Secretary for the Public Services Workers' Union (PSWU), John Sampah , said the TUC and for that matter, the PSWU inclusive, would never support this act.

Mr. Sampah said salaries are paid to workers who are employed and assigned specific roles and responsibilities but in this stance, the first and second ladies are neither employed nor assigned any roles and responsibilities. He remarked that supporting their husbands does not mean they are employed.

"The two ladies of the land ( Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo and Mrs. Samira Bawumia) are not employed by the state, and they are not under any contract with the state as well. They don't have any job function to access them as to whether they are performing or under-performing. So when you draw money from the public purse to pay them as their salaries, that would be wrong.''

"As for ministers they are employed by the state and they deserve salaries. But you can't peg the salaries of ministers of state to that of the first and second ladies who are not directly employed by the state. That is very wrong and the TUC will never support this," he added.

John Sampah, Deputy General Secretary, PSWU

He continued that, "as far as Article 71 of the Constitution is concerned, it is illegal to pay the wives of the President and his Vice President of Ghana, since they are not classified as public office holders."

He, therefore, called on the President to "suspend it though Parliament has inadvertently approved for it's implementation.''

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