Rawlings And Others Asked To Refund 3 Billion....

.... Cedis As Ex-Gratia Awards.

Former Ghanaian President, Jerry Rawlings, his Vice, Professor John Evans Atta-Mills and other members of their Government, have been asked to refund an amount of 2.88 Billion Cedis they took home as Ex-Gratia Awards.

According to sources, the amount represents both over payments to deserving officials and monies paid to those who did not qualify for ex-gratia awards. A source close to the presidency said the anomaly was detected after careful scrutiny and analysis of the payments by the Controller and Accountant-General's Department. Following the discovery, the Minister for Finance has directed the office of the chief staff to take the necessary steps to have the excess payments refunded to the state as soon as possible.

Those also affected include, the former chief of staff Nana Ato Dadzie, former advisor on Governmental Affairs Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu, former presidential staffers, secretaries to the former President and his vice, secretary to the former cabinet, J.L. Amissah and Special Duty Officers. The rest are members of the policy management group, special assistants to the former President and his Vice, Directors and District Chief Executives. JOYFM has also intercepted a list of 88 past government functionaries including the former Vice-President showing the various sums of overpaid monies, which they are to refund