Roughly fifty-five appointees and staffers beneath the present administration have didn’t adjust to President John Dramani Mahama’s strict directive to declare their assets by the deadline of thirty first March.
On 18th February 2025, President Mahama submitted his own asset declaration type to the Auditor-Common, in keeping with Article 286 of the 1992 Structure and the Public Workplace Holders (Declaration of Belongings and Disqualification) Act, 1998 (Act 550).
At a proper ceremony held at Jubilee Home, the President ordered all appointees to declare their belongings by the top of the primary quarter or face stringent sanctions. In his speech, President Mahama emphasised:
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I’ve instructed the Chief of Employees to make sure that all appointees declare their belongings by the top of the primary quarter of this yr—by thirty first March 2025. I want to stress that any appointee who fails to satisfy this deadline will face extreme sanctions, together with doable removing from workplace.
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Nonetheless, in accordance with a brand new report compiled by The Fourth Property, a number of of those appointees had but to adjust to the directive as of mid-April—greater than a month previous the deadline.
The report signifies that 8 out of 55 ministers and deputy ministers have didn’t submit their asset declarations.
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Moreover, 8 of 32 presidential staffers and 38 of the 84 heads of state establishments appointed between fifteenth January and 18th March 2025 have additionally not complied with the President’s anti-corruption order as of seventeenth April.
Distinguished figures on the checklist of defaulters embody:
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Seth Terkper, Presidential Adviser on the Economic system
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Larry Gbevlo-Lartey, Particular Envoy to the Alliance of Sahelian States
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Nathan Kofi Boakye, Director of Operations on the Presidency
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Charles Kipo, Director of the Nationwide Investigations Bureau
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Nana Yaa Jantuah, Presidential Staffer
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Alhassan Suhuyini, Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways
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Gizella Tetteh-Agbotui, Deputy Minister for Works and Housing
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John Dumelo, Deputy Minister for Meals and Agriculture
The constitutional requirement is evident. Article 286(1) of the 1992 Structure states:
An individual who holds a public workplace talked about in clause (5) of this Article shall undergo the Auditor-Common a written declaration of all property or belongings owned by, or liabilities owed by, him, whether or not straight or not directly.
Under is the total checklist of appointees who failed to satisfy the deadline.