Member of Parliament for Pru West, Stephen Jalulah has said that he and his colleagues who are reported to have received double salaries have refunded the amounts involved.

Per a release by the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), the MPs collected salaries as Chief Executive Officers of state institutions and District Chief Executives, which are their previous positions as well as that of an MP and failed to refund the overpaid salaries to state coffer.

The Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways emphasised that the MPs through their contacts at the Controller and Accountant Generals Department informed the Controller’s office of the anomaly as soon they detected it.

But Hon Jalulah in a conversation with Omanhene on Wednesday on Sompa Morning Show said, they have refunded the money immediately it reflected in their accounts because they see themselves as honourable members of parliament.

According to him, the money was refunded on the on September 2021 and the cheque he issued was dated 1^st October 20221. He claims ASEPA’s chanced on memo from the chief accountant to the head of P.P confirming the receipt of the cheque from the honourable members.

“We noticed the [double payment] and we came together and decided that it should be stopped and eventually it was stopped in August thereabouts. We met in September again as a group and refunded every pesewa of that money that was sent to our accounts because we are Honourable Members of Parliament of the Republic of Ghana.

The others are; Sylvester Tetteh of Bortianor Ngleshie Amanfro, MP for Kintampo South, Alexander Gyan and the MP for Salaga North, Alhassan Iddi.

Source: ..........www.sompaonline.com//Eric Murphy Asare