Supreme Court declares payment of wages to spouses of president and vice president uconstitutional

Ghanaian

In two separate rulings, the Supreme Court has deemed the payment of salaries to the spouses of the President and Vice President as unconstitutional.

The cases were brought before the court by South Dayi Member of Parliament Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor and New Patriotic Party Bono Regional Chairman Kwame Baffoe Abronye.

Mr. Dafeamekpor challenged the authority of the presidential emolument

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The Supreme Court, in unanimous decisions, upheld the petitions, ruling that the approval and subsequent payment of salaries and emoluments to the First and Second Ladies were unconstitutional.