Member of Parliament for Kumbungu, Professor Hamza Adam, has raised eyebrows by questioning the necessity of an IMF bailout when a substantial sum of money has been discovered in the house of Cecilia Dapaah, the current Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources.
The revelations have sparked a heated debate among the public, demanding further scrutiny into the financial affairs of government officials.
Making a submission on the matter, Prof Adam, said under the laws of the state, it is illegal to retain an amount of money exceeding a specific threshold within one’s residence.
It is alleged that Madam Cecilia Dapaah had in her possession $1 million, €300,000, and an undisclosed amount of Ghana Cedis at her residence.
These monies were allegedly stolen by two house helps, for which they are standing trial at an Accra Circuit Court.
Speaking on this in an interview with the press in parliament on Friday, July 21, Prof Adam said “First of all it is illegal to keep certain money, at home particularly foreign. So an amount to the tune of millions will be shocking to the bone.
“I will appeal to all the skakeholders who matter to investigate the matter so that we will get to the bottom of the issue because it is shocking if you look at the quantum of the amount that is alleged to be found at her residence. if we got such an amount of money we didn’t need to go to the IMF.”
He added “That is also a wake-up call, which means we have to go down and investigate all ministers who are serving the country at the moment. What it simply means is that whereas everybody is dying that the stake is heating up and livelihoods are getting deteriorated others are sitting in gold mines. I am appealing to the stakeholders who matter to do further investigation.
“I think it is important the minister, as a matter of urgency, relinquishes her position as the minister, the reason being that it may interfere with the investigation process otherwise the president must compel her to resign.”