Investment Consultant Victor Tandoh has encouraged couples to operate joint accounts.
According to him, doing so would relieve them of financial insecurity in order to make life better and more convenient in times of difficulty.
“As for the future, whether you like it or not, it would come so it shouldn’t come to you as a surprise, and also in future when there are major things you have to do, you would have an account that would cater for those things” he mentioned.
The investment consultant indicated that most times the mention of joint account in marriage triggers a lot of misconceptions due to the difference in incomes, “but you can agree that in planning towards your future or goal, you would deduct 10 % from your salaries to open a joint account in order to make life better for you and your children in future.”
“If you decide that everyone should spend his or her own money and borrow money when there is a problem it would take you by surprise so at least keep one joint account going together” he added.
Speaking during the counseling session with registered couples in the upcoming Happy 98.9 FM’s Mass Wedding, he maintained that couples are two different people coming together with a common goal therefore it would be appropriate to have a single financial status to sustain them in future.
By:Miriam Akuetteh
