Spokesperson for the government transition team Hanna Tetteh has stated that the outgoing government is not paid allowances to members of the transition teams.
According to her, the only provision made for both sides of the team is the snack and lunch supplied by the office of the President.
“No sitting allowances have been paid to any member of the transition team (both for the current and incoming administration). From the beginning of the Transition process provision for snacks & lunch were made by the Office of the President and were available only for members of the transition team working from the Accra International Conference Centre.
“If the incoming administration has taken the position that they do not want to have such provision made any longer that is entirely their prerogative,” the outgoing MP wrote oh her Facebook wall.
The reaction comes on the back of claims by members of the incoming government’s transition team that they have rejected the allowances meant for them in order to save the “ailing economy”.
“The working committees and the nine members from the side of the president-elect have also declined sitting allowances, lunch and other beverages as a sign of commitment to the austere times in which we are, and same has been communicated to the co-chair and the team on the other side,” their spokeperson Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said at a news conference.
Source:Ghana/StarrFMonline.com/103.5FM/Kwame Danso Acheampong
