Some prominent officials in the country and Minority in Parliament are demanding the immediate removal of Cecilia Dapaah, the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources for keeping large sums of money in her home and subsequently alleged to have been stolen by her house helps.
Member of Parliament for Bole Bamboi, Yussif Sulemana and Kumbungu constituency, Rasheed Pelpuo asked President Akufo-Addo to commence immediate investigation into the matter whiles sacking the Minister from government duties.
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“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 said.
Rasheed Pelpuo on his part said, “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 investigation triggered to establish where she got the money from. I think it is illegal to keep such money in your house.”
This comes after 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.
