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First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, says she hopes to see a woman become president in her lifetime. Speaking at the 5th session of the 15th Congregation of the University of Professional Studies, Accra, the first lady, who received an honorary doctorate degree from the University, expressed satisfaction about the successes women …

The District Chief Executive of Ningo-Prampram, Latif Tetteh, has expressed his disappointment in Member of Parliament Samuel George for his claims about the lack of lasting impact by the First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, in her hometown of Ningo. Mr. Tetteh criticised Mr. George for focusing on the negatives and failing …

The Member of Parliament for the Ningo Prampram Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Samuel Nartey George, has admonished the First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, to lobby for development projects in Ningo her hometown, before it is too late. The NDC MP, who revealed in an interview with Philip Osei Bonsu, …

The National Media Commission (NMC) has determined that a discussion on Accra FM’s The Citizen Show which was aired on January 11, 2022, that alleged corruption against the Rebecca Foundation and the First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo was unprofessional. The decision of the NMC Complaints Settlement Committee was based on the …

Following public discourse on the recommendation by the presidential committee on emoluments for Article 71 office-holders (January 2017 to December 2020), that first and second ladies be paid an allowance under benefits paid to Ghanaian presidents and vice-presidents, the sitting First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, and Second Lady, Samira Bawumia, are …

The First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, says she can’t accept the emoluments approved for her by Parliament. She has thus decided to refund to the state all the monies paid her since 2017 which amounts to GHS899,097.84. This was captured in a statement signed by Korkor Bleboo, Director of Communications …

The mandate of an Article 71 Emoluments Committee is limited to recommending the salaries and other benefits and privileges of those officeholders specified in Article 71, sections (1) and (2). That list of officeholders is exhaustive. The Article 71 Emoluments Committee has no authority to recommend payment of any allowance …