President Akufo-Addo has refunded a total amount of 237 thousand Cedis to the Controller and Accountant General. Director of Communications at the presidency, Eugene Arhin has said.
The amount represents the salary increment paid to the president from the recommendations made by Prof. Yaa Ntiamoah Baidu Emoluments Committee.
At a press briefing at the Jubilee House on Tuesday, Mr. Arhin said the action by the president is a demonstration of exemplary leadership on the part of the president in line with his pronouncement on May 1 that pay rise for himself and the executive would be frozen to help deal with the effects of Covid-19.
“So leading by example, Thursday, the 2nd of September, he wrote a cheque amounting to 237, 974thousand Cedis to the Pensions and Salaries account of the Controller and Account General’s account department to reflect the decision he has taken to freeze salary increment for himself”, he told pressmen.
Mr. arhin added that the president has further instructed the Chief of Staff to ensure the vice president, ministers of state, deputy ministers and other members of the executive to follow suit.
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