Following the ongoing allegations, that Members of Parliament are living on double salaries; the Speaker of Ghana’s 8th Parliament, Rt Honorable Alban Kingsford Bagbin, has spoken in defense of the Members of Parliament.
According to Rt. honorable Alban Bagbin, ‘MPs don’t intentionally take double salaries, and that, that issue will be fix.
Speaking in parliament, the Speaker said, “It is important for us to erase the perception of the public, on these matters of an overpayment which is politically called double salaries. It is a weakness in the system. All the committees have commented on the matter. That’s the experience from 1993 till date, and it has led to these unfortunate overpayments due to the weakness of the system”.
The Speaker added that. “MPs don’t intentionally go round taking a double salary. We need to put this to rest in order to position ourselves, to be able to do our work. I intend with the help of the Parliamentary Service Board to do this with dispatch. The leadership of the house, the Parliamentary Service Board, and the Speaker will continue to widen the scope of the already cordial relationship between the judiciary and the legislature and the government to work in harmony for the betterment of the lives of Ghanaians”.
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