I am a taxpayer; we must know how much President Mahama and his appointees earn -Koku Anyidoho angrily vents
John Dramani Mahama and Koku Anyidoho
The National Democratic Congress (NDC), Former Deputy General Secretary, Samuel Koku Anyidoho, has angrily vented his thoughts to call for a discussion on making the salaries and emoluments of state officials public.
According to Koku Anyidoho, government appointees receive salary, and emoluments are paid with the taxpayers’ money. Therefore, the taxpayer ought to know the amount of money they receive as their pay.
The ordinary taxpayer must know how much is given to these individuals (appointees) for the service they are rendering to the country.
Mr. Anyidoho, via X, formerly known as Twitter, has called for a probe into parliamentary expenditure.
“We use taxpayers’ money to pay our President and his appointees; we need to know how much money we pay them,” one of his tweets read.
In another tweet on the same subject, he posed a series of questions on the involvement of the MPs and other government appointees in events and contributions. He added that public knowledge and conversation on these issues should be publicized for public perusal.
“Why should we expect MPs to donate big money at ceremonies when we don’t know how much money they earn? How much do Ministers earn? How much does the President earn? Let’s have public knowledge and conversation on these issues.”
“I vote in Ho Central Constituency, and I want to know how much my MP earns,” Anyidoho added.
He questioned the allegations that some MPs take per diem for travel but do not travel.
“I’m just thinking: Parliament has a Public Accounts Committee that probes into public finances and expenditure. I ask; who/what/which probes the expenditure of Parliament? Is it true that some MPs take per diem for foreign never travel? Let’s ask questions.”
“We Pay Mahama with Taxpayers’ Money, So We Deserve to Know His Salary – Koku Anyidoho”
“We must begin to probe the expenditure of Ghana’s Parliament.”
The tweets below
https://x.com/KokuAnyidoho/status/1896094714287604041nbsp;
https://x.com/KokuAnyidoho/status/1896093712163488105
https://x.com/KokuAnyidoho/status/1896095913405530366
SOURCE: Coverghana.com.gh
