General News of Wednesday, 18 April 2018Source: dailyguideafrica.comCID grills 3 MPs over double salary scandalFrom left; Eric Opoku, Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe Ghansah and Alhaji Inusah FuseiniReports reaching Daily Guide indicate that the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service yesterday grilled three Members of Parliament (MPs) who served as ministers in the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government over the raging double salary scandal. They were reportedly cautioned with a charge of stealing and are to reappear before the CID on May 14. The former NDC appointees are being accused of taking double salaries as ministers and MPs while serving in government under President John Mahama. The minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu, was said to have held a meeting with his three colleagues in the morning before honouring the CID invitation. Section 124 relates to the offence of stealing.”The list appears to show that a good number of the ministers, who served under former President John Mahama, took double salaries for four years, whilst others received double salaries for two and three years, probably because they were reshuffled.

Source: GhanaWeb April 18, 2018 10:18 UTC