Togbe Afede Rejects Over GHS365k Council of State Ex-Gratia

The Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV has returned a hugeamount of GHS365,392.67 paid to him as ex-gratia by the state for serving on the Council of State between 2017 and 2020.

The board Chairman of Accra Hearts of Oak in a statement said he does not think it is appropriate to be paid ex-gratia for a part time job he did for the state for which he received monthly salary.

“I want to add that my rejection of the payment was consistent with my general abhorrence of the payment of huge Ex Gratia and other outrageous benefits to people who have by their own volition offered to serve our poor country,” he said in a statement.

Below is the Full Statement: