Inside the Code of Conduct: Dos and don’ts for Mahama’s political appointees

President John Dramani Mahama has launched a Code of Conduct outlining caller guidelines for motivation behavior, nationalist accountability, and maltreatment of powerfulness for each governmental appointees nether his government.

All ministers, lawman ministers, statesmanlike staff, main enforcement officers, committee members, members of the Council of State, and different appointees moving nether the Executive are taxable to the Code, which was introduced astatine the Jubilee House connected Monday, May 5, 2025. The President and the Vice-President are likewise bound by it.

Provisions successful the Code of Conduct

The Code forbids appointees from accepting gifts oregon favors from radical oregon organizations that person a involvement successful governmental decisions, among different things.

Although gift-giving is culturally accepted successful Ghana, Mr. Mahama emphasized that motivation limits indispensable present beryllium upheld.

“If a acquisition is received during an authoritative engagement and its estimated worth exceeds GH¢20,000, it indispensable beryllium declared,” helium said.

“And upon leaving office, the acquisition indispensable beryllium surrendered unless the President grants written support for it to beryllium retained.”

He added that authorities funds, including internally generated funds indispensable not beryllium utilized to acquisition hampers oregon acquisition items.

Only Exception

The lone exception, according to Mr. Mahama, would beryllium gifts fixed to employees successful grant of their achievements oregon upon their retirement; adjacent these would request to beryllium approved by the Office of the Chief of Staff and budgeted for.

Nepotism and Conflict of Interest

Nepotism and conflicts of involvement are besides covered nether the Code. According to Mahama, appointees are required to disclose each backstage commercialized interests, peculiarly those connected to authorities organizations. They are not allowed to usage their powerfulness to get appointments oregon contracts for adjacent friends oregon household members.

“Public cognition matters. If your actions springiness adjacent the quality of bias, you compromise the integrity of your office,” President Mahama stated.

Ministerial Travel

According to Mahama, the Chief of Staff indispensable springiness his oregon her anterior support for immoderate question extracurricular of Ghana, whether it beryllium authoritative oregon not. Additionally, wrong 14 days of returning from immoderate authoritative duty, appointees are required to supply a report. Retroactive approvals volition nary longer beryllium considered, helium said.

Ban connected buying authorities asset

The Code besides forbids governmental appointees from straight oregon indirectly acquiring immoderate benignant of governmental property, including buildings, vehicles, shares, and land.

“If you effort to bash truthful and you are recovered out, your assignment volition beryllium terminated,” the President warned.

Punishment for violating the Code

Violations of the Code volition pull sanctions, ranging from nationalist reprimands and suspension to outright dismissal.

How the Code volition beryllium enforced

To enactment enforcement, Mr Mahama announced plans to acceptable up a portal for citizens to confidentially study suspected breaches.

Describing the Code arsenic strict but necessary, helium urged appointees to comply afloat and pb by example.

“If you abide by this Code, it volition assistance reconstruct the religion of our radical successful our democracy,” helium told the gathering.

“Let america locomotion this way unneurotic with discipline, humility and a wide consciousness of work to the radical of Ghana."

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