Former Member of Parliament for Bantama Constituency Daniel Okyem Aboagye has suggested that spouses of presidents must by default be integrated into the Gender Ministry.
He explained with the allocation of the Gender Ministry as a portfolio for presidents’ spouses, their proposed salaries and consequently formalized by Parliament will be justified.
Mr Okyem Aboagye’s comments come in the wake of Parliament’s approval of the Professor Yaa Ntiamoah-Baidu Committee’s recommendation.
He is of the view that “presidents’ spouses cannot be paid in vacuum so we have to align them to ministerial portfolio then we can assess and measure them in their performances. This I believe will whip them in line and juice maximum output from them”.
According to him, “this will help reduce the cost of government business and ensure the public purse is protected”.
Source: GhanaFeed.com