Apologise to Rebecca, Samira; they haven’t been paid salaries – Eugene Arhin to TUC
The Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, has called out the Trade Union Congress, TUC, for claiming that the First and Second Ladies; Rebecca Akufo-Addo and Samira Bawumia, have already been paid salaries from state coffers as recommended by the 5-member Ntiamoa-Baidu Emoluments Committee.
Mr. Arhin, who debunked the claim, insisted that TUC must apologise for the blunder.
While sharing its view on the controversial emoluments for presidential spouses, the TUC in a statement dated July 11, 2021, and signed by its Secretary-General, Yaw Baah, among other things claimed that “Salary arrears dated back to January 2017 have since been paid to the wives of President Akufo-Addo and Vice President Bawumia, in accordance with the [Ntiamoa-Baidu] Committee’s recommendation which was approved by NDC and NPP Members of Parliament in January, 2021.”
Mr. Arhin, who took issue with the TUC’s Secretary-General statement, said: “Clearly he was wrong, as no such ‘salary arrears have been paid.”
“Can he, therefore, do the needful and apologise to the First and Second Ladies for this false statement??” the Presidency’s Director of Communications posted on his Facebook page.
