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Kwame Baffoe Abronye, Regional President Bono of the New Patriotic Party
• Abronye sued the state for agreeing to pay allowances to the wives of the president and his vice president
• He says the decision is not written into the law
• He would like the committee to declare null and void the recommendation of the emoluments committee.
Kwame Baffoe Abronye, Bono’s regional president of the New Patriotic Party has taken the government to the Supreme Court for its decision to formalize the payment of compensation to the wives of the president and his vice-president.
Abronye in his trial argued that the government’s decision is not written into law and should be categorically rejected by the court.
In documents tabled on Thursday, July 8, 2021, Abronye said that the emoluments committee that made the proposal that was ratified by parliament and passed by the government was not given the powers to make such recommendations.
He urges the Supreme Court to declare the committee’s decision illegal and to prevent the government from making the payment to the intended beneficiaries.
“A declaration that the approval by Parliament to pay the salaries of the First and Second Ladies is inconsistent with Clauses 1 and 2 of Article 71 of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana and, therefore, is declared null, void and unenforceable.
“A statement that under section 71 (1) and (2) the position of Ghana’s first and second ladies does not fall under the category of public office holders. “
The rationalization of the payment of emoluments to first and second ladies generated negative reactions on various media platforms.
Two deputies on the Democratic National Congress ticket and a Fredrick Nii Commey also filed a complaint with the Supreme Court challenging the payment.
In a complaint filed Thursday, July 8, 2021, South Dayi and Builsa South MPs Rockson Dafeamakpor and Clement Apaak respectively, said the committee had exceeded its limits by chaining the payment of first and second ladies’ benefits in its work. .
The two deputies ask for the following reliefs;
1. A statement that, on the basis of a fair and correct interpretation of Article 71 (1) of the Constitution of Ghana of 1992, the committee of Professor Ntiamoah-Baidu appointed by the President of the Republic of Ghana in under Section 71 (1), was only competent to make recommendations regarding the salaries, allowances payable, facilities and privileges of Section 71 office holders under the 1992 Constitution.
2. A further statement that according to a fair and correct interpretation of Article 71 (1) of the Constitution of Ghana of 1992, the Prof. Ntiamoah-Baidu had no competence, mandate or authority to make recommendations regarding the salaries, indemnities payable, facilities and privileges of persons other than those referred to in article 71 of the 1992 Constitution.
3. A statement that according to a fair and correct interpretation of Article 71 (1) of the 1992 Constitution, Professor Ntiamoah-Baidu’s committee exceeded its jurisdiction, mandate and authority when it claimed to do so. recommendations regarding privileges, facilities, salaries and allowances payable to 1st and 2nd Ladies of the Republic of Ghana.
4. An additional declaration that the recommendations of the Committee, insofar as they concern the 1st and 2nd Ladies of the Republic of Ghana, are null, void and without effect.
5. A statement that according to a fair and correct interpretation of the 1992 Constitution, the spouses of the President and the Vice-President do not hold office under section 71 for the purpose of collecting wages and fees.
6. An ordinance declaring the recommendations concerning the privileges, facilities, salaries and indemnities payable to the 1st and 2nd Ladies of the Republic of Ghana as unconstitutional and void.
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