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Akufo-Addo charges ministers to declare assets in 2 weeks
The president made this known when he swore into office 12 out of the 13 ministers approved by Parliament.
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The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Flagstaff House on Friday evening.
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He told the ministers: “The manifesto has also committed us to implementing an effective asset declaration regime. Its relevant elements are these: firstly, the president shall within 14 days forward a list of appointments made in pursuance of chapter 24 of the constitution to the Auditor General. Chapter 24 covers all of us. The Attorney General shall forward to parliament a law requiring the Auditor General to publish periodically the list of all persons appointed under chapter 24 of the constitution who have declared or defaulted.
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“The new law shall provide for public disclosure of assets declaration. These and other measures indicate the importance our party attaches to the fight against corruption. We here must be in the forefront of that fight. I myself filed my own asset declaration forms two weeks ago after entering into this office on the 23rd of January. All Chapter 24 office holders should do the same.”
The President also entreated the ministers to work towards achieving policies promised Ghanaians by the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) during the 2016 general elections.
He also charged them to protect the public purse and ensure value for money in any activity they undertake.
The president is currently in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) which is to take place from 30th to 31st January, 2017.
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He earlier on Saturday performed the swearing-in ceremony for the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway at Ghana’s embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
A statement from the Presidency said Nana Akufo-Addo who arrived in the Ethiopian capital on Saturday [January 28] will “prior to the commencement of the Ordinary Session of the Assembly on Monday, attend a retreat for the Heads of States on Sunday, January 29, 2017 immediately after a breakfast meeting with the new Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres.”
President Akufo-Addo is, however, expected to return to Ghana on Wednesday, February 1, 2017.
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