General News of Wednesday, 11 April 2018Source: dailyguideafrica.comDouble pay scandal: CID probes 25 NDC ministersFrom Left: Mahama Ayariga, Ato Forson, Haruna Iddrisu, Afotey AgboThe Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Parliament has given a strong signal to sue the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police and DAILY GUIDE for putting in the public domain that some of its members were paid double salaries when the party was in power. “We must state for the records, contrary to the claims by DAILY GUIDE, no former appointee has offered to make refunds of double salaries. We challenge them to adduce evidence of their claims,” the minority members said, adding that they also find it curious that the newspaper was not able to produce full list of the alleged 22 appointees. Interestingly, while the minority MPs were denying receiving double salaries, Central Regional Chairman of the NDC, Bernard Allotey Jacobs, indicated that some of the suspects had accepted to refund the monies using their ex-gratia. The CID has already sent out invitation to the suspects and some of them have responded, with others scheduled to meet the investigators next week because they claim to be outside the country.

Source: GhanaWeb April 11, 2018 10:18 UTC