Government only gave me 230,000GHC in wage arrears in 2013: John Mahama

By Riddy10 3 Min Read

Former Ghanaian president John Mahama claims that the government has only paid him GH230,000 in salary arrears and that he will not accept the GH14 million handed to him as a gift.

The New Patriotic Party’s regional leader in Bono, Kwame Baffoe alias Abronye DC, made some assertions that Mahama referred to as “complete falsehoods” in an interview with TV3.

“That’s an absolute lie. He [Abronye DC] says in 2013 14 million [cedis] was paid into my ADB [Agricultural Development Bank] account.

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I have my 2013 bank statement I will let you look through it and see if there is any 14 million payment,” Mahama iterated.

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In addition, he also elaborated that:

The only payment that was made to me by the government, Accountant General, was my salary arrears of 230,000 cedis in 2013. I will show it [bank statement] to you first, and later if you want we can call a group of you journalists.

Of course, I don’t want to publish my bank statement but I can put it before you and you can look through all the payments and see if there is a 14 million cedis payment. I didn’t receive any such payment.”

Mahama disclosed that he is responsible for paying for items like water, power, rent, petrol, health care, and airline tickets.

“I receive only my monthly pension like [former] President Kufuor, and [late former] President Rawlings was receiving [it] before he died. That is all I get,” Mahama said.

I pay the electricity bill for my house and my office, and I pay the water bill for my house and my office. I live in my own accommodation so the State does not pay me anything for accommodation.

They haven’t given me an office, I rent an office in East Cantonments, I pay the rent myself, I pay my own fuel, the State doesn’t give me fuel, I pay my own domestic staff, I pay my own medical bills, I pay my own air tickets when I travel…”. He stated further.

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