[ 2017-03-28 ]

Yaw Osafo Marfo

Osafo Marfo, Freddie Blay, others sue government
Forty former lawmakers including current Senior
Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo and acting chairman of
the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Freddie Blay
have sued the Attorney General and the Finance
Ministry over their pensions.

The ex-MPs, who served during the Kufuor
administration, are demanding at least GHc 233,495
each, totaling Gh¢10 million (including
interest).

According to the plaintiffs, the Chinery-Hesse
Committee Report recommended that persons who
exited Parliament, having served two full terms
and are above 50 years, are entitled to pension
benefits. The plaintiffs are arguing in their writ
that the initial lump sum was GHc 13,735 per head,
but interest accrued on the amount from January
2009 to February 2016 ballooning the figure to GHc
233,495.

They mentioned that the Attorney General had
directed the Ministry of Finance in a letter dated
June 25, 2015 to make the payments, but the latter
refused to act on it, causing them “much
distress and suffering.”

Below is the full list of the plaintiffs:

1. David Apasera

2. Dr. Charles Brempong-Yeboah

3. Francis Aggrey Agbotese

4. Nii Adu Daku Mante

5. Kwame Adusa Okerchiri

6. Godfred Otchere

7. Moses Dani Baah

8. K. Brandford Adu

9. Victor Okuley Nortey

10. Yaw Barimah

11. Kwadwo Darko Adjei

12. Samuel Gyamfi Adu

13. Joseph Tsatsu Agbenu

14. Eugene Atta Agyapong

15. Abraham Osei Aidoo

16. Dr. Kwame Ampofo

17. Dr. Matthew Kwaku Antwi

18. Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku

19. Yaw Mensah Asiedu

20. Angela Baiden-Amissah

21. Kwamena Bartels

22. Freddie W.A. Blay

23. Sampson Boafo

24. Chrisitne Churcher

25. Kenneth Dzirasah

26. Isaac E. Edumadze

27. Nkrabea Effah Dartey

28. Kwame Owusu Frimpong

29. Kitson Akomeng Kissi

30. Joseph Henry Mensah

31. Mrs Anna Nyamakye

32. Albert Kwaku Obbin

33. Yaw Osafo-Maafo

34. Francis Mensah Osafo

35. Akwasi Adjei Osei

36. K. Owusu Adjapong

37. K. Opoku Adusei

38. Quarm Sam

39. Alex Sofo Seidu

40. Alhassa Malik Yakubu

Source - Starrfmonline.com

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