President John Mahama has imposed penalties on all of his appointees who did not declare their assets by the deadline of March 31, 2025.
According to him, each of them will lose their four-month pay.
He clarified that the money raised from these salaries would go to MahamaCares, the Ghana Medical Trust Fund.
To avoid automatic termination, they must report their assets by Tuesday, May 5, 2025.
Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, made the announcement on Monday, May 5, 2025, in a post.
This comes after a Code of Conduct for Public Servants was introduced by the President in Accra.
“All appointees who failed to declare their assets by March 31 will forfeit their 4-month salaries, which will be donated to the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (MahamaCares Fund),” he said.
The President instructed all appointees in January 2025 to disclose their assets by the end of March.
This occurred following the President’s official submission of his asset declaration form to Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, the Auditor-General, at the Jubilee House.
Mahama emphasized in a succinct statement the value of openness in restoring public confidence.
“In times past, I would privately present these forms to the Auditor General in fulfillment of my statutory obligation. I have taken the step of presenting these forms publicly as a way of injecting some openness and transparency into the process of asset declaration.”
“I have maintained that while it is all well and good to punish corruption, a more effective way of addressing the canker is preventing it from occurring in the first place.”
“I honestly believe that if properly created and enforced, the asset declaration can become a sustainable tool for tackling corruption,” he stated.
Source: newsthemegh.com