First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo Refunds Almost A Million Cedis in Allowances To The State

First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has refunded the sum of GHS899,097.84 to the state, being all allowances paid to her from 7th January 2017 to date.

The action comes a day after the wife of the President, Nana Addo Akufo-Addo, disclosed in a statement on Monday, July 12, 2021, that she can’t accept the new salaries approved for her by Parliament and promised to give back all the allowances paid to her.

A letter from the office of the First Lady on Tuesday announced that Mrs Akufo-Addo has released a cheque to the state to settle all allowances paid to her from January 7, 2017, to date.

Although there’s no pictorial evidence of a cheque to confirm the repayment of the allowances, the statement signed by an Aide at the office of the First Lady, Shirley Laryea, said:

“I am directed to forward, herewith, a Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited cheque number 000002 for an amount of GH0899,097.84 (Eight Hundred and Ninety-Nine Thousand Ninety-Seven Ghana cedis Eighty-Four pesewas) being the refund for monies received from 7th January 2017 to date as allowances given to Her Excellency the First Lady of the Republic.”

Read the full statement below: