Minority run to auditor general to audit Rebecca Foundation

The Minority in Parliament is calling on the Auditor-General to audit the accounts of The Rebecca Foundation and pay back all monies received by First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo to government.

According to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament, if the First Lady has decided to refund allowances paid her since her husband, H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo became president, then she should return monies received as support for her Foundation as well.

“If she is now refunding the money it means she is no longer interested in state funds and for that matter, all state funding of her NGO should be audited by the Auditor-General and all those money should be returned to the state because she is not interested in state money,” Deputy Minority Leader and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, James Klutse Avedzi told Parliament on Tuesday.

He added that there must also be an audit of the allowances paid to the first lady to ensure the amount she has returned to the state is accurate.

“She must also compute the interest that money would have accrued if it were put into an interest account and pay same to the government. We are calling on the Auditor General to go into the accounts of the First lady to ascertain the money she refunded is indeed the money she received,” James Klutse Avedzi noted.

As reported by Modernghana News, First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo has officially made a refund of the payment to the government for allowances given to her from January, 7 to date.

This is after her office announced that she will be refunding all allowances received in the last five years.