President John Dramani Mahama has introduced that each one authorities appointees who didn’t adjust to the thirty first March deadline to declare their belongings will forfeit three months’ wage.
Talking on the launch of the Code of Conduct for public officers on Monday, fifth Could 2025, President Mahama said that the directive applies to all officers appointed earlier than the deadline and that they’re required to conform absolutely with the asset declaration rule.
He disclosed that the forfeited salaries can be donated to the Ghana Medical Belief Fund (Mahama Cares), which helps the therapy of people affected by power diseases akin to kidney failure, most cancers, and coronary heart circumstances.
Former Deputy Minister Mark Okraku-Mantey believes Ghana’s amphitheatre mission may have been a significant cultural legacy underneath President Akufo-Addo if he had held the substantive ministerial put up. He cites funding constraints and restricted authority as causes for the delay.
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This punitive measure follows a report by The Fourth Property, which revealed that roughly 55 appointees had didn’t adjust to the President’s directive as of seventeenth April—greater than a month previous the set deadline.
In his handle, President Mahama additionally underscored the significance of integrity amongst public officers, warning in opposition to the acceptance of presents, conflicts of curiosity, and selections made to learn mates, household, or private acquisition of state belongings.
He said:
For all these appointed or nominated earlier than thirty first March 2025 who fail to fulfill the deadline, you’re to forfeit three months’ wage, which will likely be donated to the Ghana Medical Belief Fund named after me—Mahama Cares.
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He added:
Along with the one month’s wage I’ve requested all appointees to donate to the Mahama Cares Belief Fund, those that didn’t declare their belongings by the deadline will now be contributing a complete of 4 months’ wage.
President Mahama concluded with a agency warning that any official who fails to conform by the shut of day on Wednesday, seventh Could 2025, will face computerized dismissal from office.
