Speaking to GhanaWeb on condition of anonymity, the MP and Minister explained that truly, there is nothing like double salaries because the arrangement is that as ministers who are already in Parliament, they are only entitled to some allowances for doing the jobs they do. He explained that these allowances, within the range of GH¢3000, are the same for all ministers in the same category, irrespective of the sector, making it a purely sacrificial part of their job. There have been renewed discussions in the probability that MPs who serve in separate capacities as ministers actually withdraw double salaries (one from each portfolio) follow the recent epistle of the former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu. "Throughout my tenure as the Special Prosecutor, the respected former Attorney General, Ms. Gloria Akuffo, never referred this case to me for further investigation or prosecution. The Attorney General was instructed not to do so by the President who unconstitutionally usurped the investigatory and prosecutorial constitutional authority of the Attorney General on grounds of political expediency of having the suspects agreeable to play ball in Parliament for the Government," he wrote.
