Cecilia Dapaah's Stolen Money: Mahama Berates Sanitation Minister For Keeping Huge Sums Of Money At Her Home

Cecilia Dapaah's Stolen Money: Mahama Berates Sanitation Minister For Keeping Huge Sums Of Money At Her Home

  • Former president John Dramani Mahama has reacted to news that huge sums of money have been stolen from the home of the sanitation minister Cecilia Abena Dapaah
  • The NDC presidential candidate for the 2024 election said even if the minister honestly earned the $1 million, €300,000 and millions of Ghana cedis, it was baffling that she would keep the money at her home
  • Mahama tweeted on Friday, July 21, 2023, that Nana Akufo-Addo is not setting a good example for public officeholders in his administration

Former president John Dramani Mahama has reacted to the trending news about the huge sums of money stolen from the sanitation minister's home.

Ghanaians on social media are actively reacting to the news on Friday, July 21, 2023, that a circuit court in Accra is hearing a case about the alleged theft of huge sums of money from the home of sanitation and water resources minister Cecilia Abena Dapaah by her house helps.

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John Dramani Mahama dragged Akufo-Addo into the news about the huge sums of money stolen from Cecilia Dapaah's home.
Nana Akufo-Addo, Cecilia Abena Dapaa and John Dramani Mahama. Source: Twitter/@ISDGhana, @JDMahama, Facebook/@mswrgh
Source: UGC

The flagbearer of the opposition NDC in the 2024 elections said the revelations are scandalous. "Cecilia Dapaah" has been the number one trend on Twitter for hours on Friday.

Taking to Twitter, Mahama, the flagbearer of the opposition NDC in the 2024 elections said it was uncanny that a minister would keep such huge sums of money at her home.

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"$1m + €300k and millions of GHS in a Ghanaian Minister’s home? Scandalous!" he tweeted.
Cecilia Dapaah's stolen cash has been trending on Twitter
A screenshot from Twitter showing that "Cecilia Dapaah" has been trending number one on the social media app. Source: Twitter.
Source: Twitter

Mahama drags Akufo-Addo in Cecilia Dapaah's stolen cash

The former president and the man tipped by experts and international polls to be Ghana's next president in 2024 also said even if the minister genuinely acquired the money it was baffling that she would keep such an amount at her home.

"Even if genuinely acquired, why keep millions of hard currency at home?" he quizzed.

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He then launched an attack on the sanitation minister's boss, President Nana Akufo-Addo for a poor public servant.

"Will @NAkufoAddo ever set a good example for public office holders in his administration?" he wondered.

Nana Akufo-Addo's administration has often been criticised by the opposition NDC for corruption, mismanaging the economy and plunging the country into hardship.

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Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh has reported in a separate story that a sub-chief in the Ashanti Region has predicted a certain victory for John Dramani Mahama in the 2024 election.

The Otumfuo Ahenenananomhene said even Jesus Christ could not rescue the NPP's election fortunes.

The sub-chief said people in Ashanti Region trusted Mahama and the NDC to be better managers of the economy.

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Also, YEN.com.gh reported that business mogul Sam Jonah dismissed claims he is being considered as John Mahama's running mate for the 2024 elections.

The businessman also revealed that he has even turned down offers to be the running mate of former president Jerry John Rawlings in the past.

Sam Jonah stressed that he did not have any interest in Ghanaian politics, which he described as messy.

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George Nyavor (Head of Politics and Current Affairs Desk) George Nyavor writes for YEN.com.gh. He has been Head of the Politics and Current Affairs Desk since 2022. George has over 9 years of experience in managing media and communications (Myjoyonline and GhanaWeb). George is a member of the Catholic Association of Media Practitioners Ghana (CAMP-G). He obtained a BA in Communications Studies from the Ghana Institute of Journalism in 2010. Reach out to him via george.nyavor@yen.com.gh.