Asset declaration: Dumelo, IGP, 53 others to be sacked by May 7 if they fail to comply

President John Dramani Mahama has announced that each authorities appointees who failed to comply with the 31st March deadline to state their assets volition beryllium automatically dismissed if they bash not bash truthful by Wednesday, 7th May 2025.

Speaking astatine the motorboat of the Code of Conduct for nationalist officials connected Monday, 5th May 2025, President Mahama clarified that the directive applies to each officials appointed earlier the deadline and that they indispensable comply with the plus declaration requirement.

He disclosed that the forfeited salaries would beryllium donated to the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (Mahama Cares) to enactment the attraction of individuals suffering from chronic diseases specified arsenic kidney failure, cancer, and bosom conditions.

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This punitive measurement follows a caller study by The Fourth Estate, which revealed that astir 55 appointees had failed to comply with the President’s directive arsenic of mid-April—more than a period aft the deadline.

The study indicated that 8 retired of 55 ministers and lawman ministers had failed to taxable their asset declarations.

Additionally, 8 retired of 32 statesmanlike staffers and 38 retired of 84 heads of authorities institutions appointed betwixt 15th January and 18th March 2025 had not complied with the President’s anti-corruption bid arsenic of 17th April.

In his speech, President Mahama noted that appointees who neglect to conscionable the deadline volition forfeit 3 months’ salary:

An update provided by the Auditor-General to my bureau indicates that immoderate of you person failed to conscionable that deadline. For each those appointed oregon nominated earlier 31st March 2025 who neglect to conscionable the deadline, you are to forfeit 3 months’ salary, which volition beryllium donated to the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, named aft me, Mahama Cares.

He added:

In summation to the 1 month’s wage that I person asked each appointees to donate to the Mahama Cares Trust Fund, this means that those who failed to state their assets by the deadline volition beryllium contributing 4 months' wage to Mahama Cares.

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President Mahama further warned:

However, if by the adjacent of the time connected Wednesday, 7th May 2025, immoderate of you inactive fails to state your assets, number yourselves automatically dismissed.

Prominent figures connected the database of defaulters see Seth Terkper, Presidential Adviser connected the Economy; IGP Christian Yohuno; and John Dumelo, Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, among others.

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