I Received Double Ex-Gratia Payment in 2009 – Kyei Mensah-Bonsu
The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Majority Leader in Parliament, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has explained it is possible for MPs and Ministers to receive double payment for salary and ex-gratia but insisted the recipients have a responsibility to help correct the anomaly. Using himself as an example, he said he received double payment for ex-gratia in 2009 as a Member of Parliament and as a Minister of State.But he added, he returned the second cheque from the Castle [Presidency] which was given to him days after he had received a similar payment from Parliament. The Minority in Parliament has accused President Akufo-Addo of using the Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to harass them over trumped-up charges related to the taking of double salaries by some ministers under the erstwhile Mahama administration. The CID has reportedly begun a probe of former government officials accused of drawing double salaries and has already issued invites to some of them.In a rad...