{"id":1206620,"date":"2022-09-18T10:02:20","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T10:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/18\/mahama-lied-owusu-bempah-on-former-presidents-claim-of-paying-own-bills\/"},"modified":"2022-09-18T10:02:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T10:02:20","slug":"mahama-lied-owusu-bempah-on-former-presidents-claim-of-paying-own-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/18\/mahama-lied-owusu-bempah-on-former-presidents-claim-of-paying-own-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama lied \u2013 Owusu Bempah on former president\u2019s claim of paying own bills"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ernest Owusu-Bempah, Head of Corporate Communications at Ghana Gas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The Deputy Communication Director of the New Patriotic Party, Ernest Owusu Bembah, has challenged claims by former President Mahama that he caters for his own bills.<\/p>\n

According to Mr. Bempah, Mr. Mahama lied when he made that assertion.<\/p>\n

On September 13, former President John Mahama said he does not enjoy any financial benefits beyond what he was owed while in office.<\/p>\n

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According to him, the only remunerations he gets are from pensions drawn like every worker in Ghana.<\/p>\n

Aside from that \u201cI receive only my monthly pension, like President Kufuor or President Rawlings was receiving until he died. That is all I get.\u201d<\/p>\n

This comes on the back of comments by a section of the public that he is benefiting from the same monetary benefits he speaks against regarding Article 71 Office holders.<\/p>\n

\u201cI pay the electricity bill for my house, for my office. I pay the water bill for my house and my office. I live in my own accommodation so the state does not pay me anything for accommodation,\u201d he said in an interview on Accra-based TV3.<\/p>\n

He tabled fuel, medical bills, domestic staff, and flight tickets among the list of tabs he foots himself.<\/p>\n

Mr Mahama added that the only lump sum received was \u201c\u00a2230,000 as salary arrears in 2013.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Mr. Bembah said this is far from the truth.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a politician who do politics with almost everything under the sun without censure, the ceaseless merry-go-round of cherry-picked evidence by Mahama to denigrate the state is quite embarrassing to say the least. Fact is, there\u2019s enough evidence to show that Mahama, since his 2016 electoral humiliation has been taken care of by the state,\u201d Mr. Bempah stated.<\/p>\n

To prove his point, the Deputy Communication Director has provided documentary evidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cMatter of fact, here is enough evidence on Mahama\u2019s claims that the state has abandoned its constitutional obligations towards him as former President. As you can see on the document below, Joyce Bawa, a special aide to former President- John Mahama, on the 19th December, 2017, received and acknowledged receipt of $66,000 as reimbursement for airfare, when she Joyce Bawa herself made the request for same on 23rd November, 2017,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Bempah also provided further documents \u201cto show that not only has the former President received vehicles from the state but also Mrs. Lordina Mahama was allocated a vehicle as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"'Mahama<\/figure>\n

\u201cJohn Mahama can\u2019t lie through his teeth and expect to get away with it,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

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