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40 ex MPs sue for nearly Ghc10m pension cash by quacojr(m) : 9:06 am |
Forty (40) former Members of Parliament, who served under the Kufuor Administration, have sued the Attorney-General and the Ministry of Finance over pensions owed them, demanding at least GHc 233,495 each.
Among the plaintiffs are the Senior Minister in the Nana Akufo-Addo administration, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, the acting New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman, Freddie Blay and Kwamena Bartels. The initial lump sum was said to be GHc 13,735 per plaintiff, but interest accrued on the amount from January 2009 to February 2016 raises the amount to GHc 233,495. That would mean government would have to give out almost GHc 10 million to settle the former MPs. The plaintiff’s claim is anchored on one of the recommendations by the Chinery-Hesse Committee Report, which says that persons who exited Parliament, having served two full term periods and are above 50 years, should be paid some sums of money as pension benefits. Among the other reliefs, the disgruntled former MPs are also praying the court refund their legal bills. The former MPs have since 2011 been negotiating with government regarding the pensions, but the attempts to have their demands met have proved futile. They noted in their writ that, in a letter dated June 25, 2015, the Attorney General directed the Ministry of Finance to make the payments, but the Minister of Finance at the time refused, neglected or failed to make the payments as directed. The former MPs said the conduct of the Finance Minister caused them much distress and suffering, as most of them are unemployed and unable to sustain their families as their advanced age made it difficult to find employment. Find below the list of former MPs 1. David Apasera 2. Dr. Charles Brempong-Yeboah 3. Francis Aggrey Agbotese 4. Nii Adu Daku Mante 5. Kwame Adusa Okerchiri 6. Godfred Otchere 7. Moses Dani Baah 8. K. Brandford Adu 9. Victor Okuley Nortey 10. Yaw Barimah 11. Kwadwo Darko Adjei 12. Samuel Gyamfi Adu 13. Joseph Tsatsu Agbenu 14. Eugene Atta Agyapong 15. Abraham Osei Aidoo 16. Dr. Kwame Ampofo 17. Dr. Matthew Kwaku Antwi 18. Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku 19. Yaw Mensah Asiedu 20. Angela Baiden-Amissah 21. Kwamena Bartels 22. Freddie W.A. Blay 23. Sampson Boafo 24. Chrisitne Churcher 25. Kenneth Dzirasah 26. Isaac E. Edumadze 27. Nkrabea Effah Dartey 28. Kwame Owusu Frimpong 29. Kitson Akomeng Kissi 30. Joseph Henry Mensah 31. Mrs Anna Nyamakye 32. Albert Kwaku Obbin 33. Yaw Osafo-Maafo 34. Francis Mensah Osafo 35. Akwasi Adjei Osei 36. K. Owusu Adjapong 37. K. Opoku Adusei 38. Quarm Sam 39. Alex Sofo Seidu 40. Alhassa Malik Yakubu Source: citifmonline.com
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