General News of Tuesday, 17 April 2018Source: www.ghanaweb.comDouble Salary: Let Amidu, courts do their job - AlabiProfessor Joshua Alabi is presidential hopeful of the opposition National Democratic CongressThere’s absolutely no point in dragging people’s names in the mud and tarnishing their images through the media when there are systems including the Special Prosecutor’s Office and the courts to take up issues regarding corruption and investigate accordingly, Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies (UPSA), Professor Joshua Alabi has said. The subject of ‘double salary’ has been in the news for well over the past week after a report from the Daily Guide Newspaper revealed some former appointees under the erstwhile Mahama-led government were taking salaries in their respective capacities as Members of Parliament and Ministers concurrently and have offered to refund the monies accordingly. The Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service is currently investigating the matter and is inviting some accused persons for questioning. Although it annulled the invitation of 18 out of the 25 accused persons last week, it said it would soon reinvite them to help in investigations. Minority has since the revelation, refuted reports of any such occurrence.

Source: GhanaWeb April 17, 2018 00:38 UTC