By In two distinct verdicts, the Supreme Court has deemed the payment of wages to the spouses of the President and Vice President as unconstitutional. These cases were initiated by South Dayi Member of Parliament (MP) Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor and New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bono Regional Chairman Kwame Baffoe Abronye.
These legal actions arose from controversies stemming from recommendations made by the presidential emolument committee, proposing salaries and emoluments for the spouses of the President and Vice President.
Mr. Dafeamekpor’s lawsuit, among other claims, sought the court’s declaration that the emolument committee lacked the authority to recommend or approve salaries or emoluments for the First and Second Ladies.
On the other hand, Mr. Abronye sought the court’s intervention to declare parliament’s approval of salaries for the first and second ladies as incompatible with Article 71 of the 1992 constitution.
In unanimous decisions, the apex court upheld the requests to declare the approvals and subsequent payment of salaries and emoluments to the first and second ladies as unconstitutional.
