An executive assistant to President Nana Akuffo Addo, Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe, has called on two aides to former President John Mahama, to deny receiving salaries for August 2022.
His contention is as a result of recent comments by the former president that he personally caters for his expenses plus all he is expected to enjoy as an ex president.
“I receive only my monthly pension, like President Kufour or President Rawlings was receiving until he died; that is all I get”
“I pay the electricity bill my house and my office. I pay the utilities for my house and office. I live in my own house so the state does, so the state does not pay anything for accommodation”
“They haven’t given me an office, I rent an office in East Cantonments, I pay the rent myself, I pay for my own fuel, the state doesn’t give me fuel. I pay my own domestic staff, I pay my own medical bills. I pay for my own air tickets when I travel,” he added in a September 12 interview on Accra-based TV3.
Reacting to Mahama’s claims, Teiko Tagoe posted on his Facebook page (September 13) a Ghana government payment voucher for August 2022 which outlined the salary payment details of 12 people believed to be staff of a former president.
Among those listed are Felix Kwakye Ofosu and Joyce Bawah Mogtari, senior aides to John Dramani Mahama.
“And where is that Felix Kwakye Ofosu? I thought your boss, Former President John Dramani Mahama said he’s been paying you and Joyce Bawah Mogtari or this is a case of another double salary?” the presidential staffer captioned his post.