Exposed: MPs Lied To Ghanaians That They Lack Police Protection

Prof. Stephen Kwaku Asare, popularly known as Kwaku Azar, a Fellow in Public Law and Justice at CDD-Ghana has disclosed that Members of Parliament are given incentives to employ personal security.

According to him, it is surprising for legislators to demand police protection when the people they claim to serve are constantly under robbery attacks while they live lavishly.

In a post on Facebook, he detailed incentives given to make life comfortable for legislators.

He wrote: “Your basic salary is at least ¢20,000 monthly. You get rent allowance equal to 20% of your consolidated salary. For every year that you work, you are given ex gratia equal to 4 months of that year’s salary. At the start of a term, you get an installation grant. On retirement, you get a resettlement grant. When you travel you get business class. You stay in 4-star hotels. All fully paid. Every quarter you get an incentive bonus of 25% of your consolidated monthly salary. You and your family get free medical and dental services. You can buy a car up to $70,000. The state pays half of the cost. If you get a loan to pay for the remainder the state pays the interest. You get 10% of your basic salary to hire your personal security. Why will you lie to the people, most of whom are unemployed, homeless, are under constant attack by armed robbers, and can only dream of your compensation package that the State does not provide you with security and so some of the already inadequate police resources available to the whole country should be diverted to your personal protection. Odasani, why, aden, maba, me yasa, pourquoi, warum? Da Yie!”.

Source: GhanaFeed.com