All of President John Dramani Mahama’s appointees have been cautioned that failure to report their assets by March 31 could result in their removal from office.
This warning was given by the President during a brief ceremony on Tuesday, February 18, at the Jubilee House in Accra, where he gave the Auditor-General his completed Asset Declaration forms.
After submitting his work, he gave other appointments until March 31st to follow suit.
Eligible public office holders must turn in their completed Assets Declaration Forms to the Auditor General’s office in compliance with Article 286 of the 1992 Constitution.
Those listed in Schedule 1 of the Public Office Holders (Declaration of Asset and Disqualification) Act, 1998, Act 550 are the public office holders to whom the aforementioned article pertains, as explained below:
a) President of the Republic;
b) Vice-President of the Republic;
c) Speaker, the Deputy Speaker and a member of Parliament;
d) Minister of State or Deputy Minister;
e) Chief Justice, Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature, Chairman of a Regional Tribunal, the Commissioner for Human Rights and Administrative Justice and his deputies and all judicial officers;
f) Ambassador or High Commissioner;
g) Secretary to the Cabinet;
h) Head of Ministry or government department or equivalent office in the Civil Service;
i) chairman, managing director, general manager and departmental head of a public corporation or company in which the State has a controlling interest; and
j) The Governor, Bank Of Ghana and his deputies
k) Chairman, Electoral Commission and his deputies
l) Chairman, National Commission for Civic Education and his deputies
m) Head of Chancery of Ghana Embassy of Ghana High Commission
n) Heads of Departments of Bank of Ghana
o) Officers in the Armed Forces seconded to civilian establishment and institutions
p) Members of the Tender Boards of the Central, Regional and District Assemblies
q) Officials of Vehicle Examination and Licensing Division (VELD) not below the rank of Vehicle Examiner
r) Presidential Staffers and Aides
s) Officer of the rank of Assistant Inspector of Taxes and above in the Ghana Revenue Authority or its equivalent in the :
t) Officers of the Police Service
u) Officers of the Prison Service
v) District Chief Executive
w) Presiding member and secretary of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies
x) Chairman, Public Services Commission and his Deputies
y) Head, Office of the Civil Service
Source: newsthemegh.com