Office of John Dramani Mahama has said that the former President has not received anything from the State aside from “his constitutionally deserving monthly pension payable to all former presidents, including President John Agyekum Kufuor.”
The comment comes in response to an allegation made by the Deputy Communications Director of the NPP, Ernest Owusu Bempah, indicating the former President has been receiving emoluments higher than any other former President.
In a post made on Facebook by the spokesperson of his campaign team, Joyce Bawah Mogtari, she said the allegations are false and should be discredited by the public.
According to her, the government should rather worry about the unprecedented hardship it has brought on Ghanaians rather than peddling falsehood against the people.
Find below her full post on Facebook:
I have read another unintelligent lie from the Bawumia and Akufo-Addo government routed through a discredited and shallow voice about supposed monies paid to President John Dramani Mahama.
Mr Mahama has not received from the State the amounts indicated in the ridiculously false claims.
As he has repeatedly stated, his only benefit from the State is his constitutionally deserving monthly pension payable to all former presidents, including President John Agyekum Kufour.
Mr. Mahama operates from a private office, paying monthly rent.
It is a fact that the Akufo-Addo government has performed abysmally and is the most corrupt in the history of our country, plunging Ghanaians into unprecedented hardship and poverty. Vice President Bawumia is a puppet being foisted on the nation to avoid the searing heat of accountability and continue the state capture of the last seven and half years.
Mr Mahama remains steadfast in his promise to fight corruption when he is sworn into office. This includes scrapping the payment of ex-gratia and removing other benefits available to members of the executive and officials of state-owned organisations.
This is the kind of leadership that Mahama believes in, a leadership that is committed to fighting corruption and serving the people.
