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Sack Cecilia Dapaah over $1m stolen money scandal – NDC to Akufo-Addo

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to act on the alleged money stolen from the Minister for Water Resources and Sanitation, Cecilia Dapaah.
Minister-designate for Sanitation and Waters Resources, Cecilia Dapaah
Minister-designate for Sanitation and Waters Resources, Cecilia Dapaah

According to Yussif Sulemana, the Member of Parliament for Bole Bamboi, the President must sack her while investigations are going on.

“I expect the President to fire her if it’s true that she kept that huge sum of money in her house. The question is where did she get the money? If indeed that money was legitimate, why did she put it in her house instead of the bank? If it is indeed established that this woman was keeping such sums of money, the first thing is for the President to sack her. That’s the only way we would know that the President is fighting corruption. The President must act and act immediately. The next stage is that any state institution interested in investigating her could do so freely,” Mr. Sulemana added.

The NDC MP for the Kumbungu constituency, Hamza Adam, also speaking to Citi News, said it would be shocking if it is indeed established that the said monies were kept in the house of the Minister.

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“Every minister of state has the right to own properties provided those properties are owned on the back of legitimacy. The issue surrounding Cecilia Dapaah is something that has come up as a shock, especially when everyone knows that the country is in a crisis. It will be surprising if indeed such monies were kept by her in her house. We have to establish the truth of the matter.”

“We are expecting the proper legal action to be taken and an investigation triggered to establish where she got the money from. I think it is illegal to keep such money in your house,” the Kumbungu MP added.

Two house helps of the Minister are facing charges before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly stealing an amount of $1 million, €300,000, and millions of Ghanaian cedis at her residence in Abelenkpe, Accra, in October 2023.

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