Ghanaian dancehall musician Shatta Wale is demanding the arrest of Cecilia Dapaah, a former minister of sanitation, in connection with the $1 million theft scandal and its fallout.
In a recent Instagram live video where he bemoaned the state of the music business and the country as a whole, he said this.
He questioned why the sanitation minister was not held solely responsible and that the focus was instead turned to the house helpers who were accused of stealing the money.
“Look at our politicians, they aren’t studying politics they’re studying the foolishness of Ghanaians. That is why the sanitation minister can have a million dollars stolen from her house and everyone is talking about the house help who stole the money rather than asking why the minister has 1 million dollars in her house,” he questioned.
“That is why they will come and take the money we’ve worked hard for in the form of taxes and they will put in their houses for their house helps to steal. The sanitation minister should be arrested and jailed for keeping that money in her house, not the house help. How many years has she worked to have that kind of money in her house?” he demanded.
According to Shatta Wale, anyone who enters politics is only acting in their own self-interest and not that of the nation.
“The politicians know that you can’t tell them their faults, and that is why they can do whatever they want. Anybody you see going into politics is going for the money, not in the interest of the people. All of them, apart from me. As you are in Ghana, just pray, because this country will never change, the money will keep going wherever it’s going,” he said.
He made these remarks in response to recent revelations that two housekeepers stole $1,000,000, $300,000, and other items from the home of Madam Cecilia Dapaah, the former Minister of Sanitation.
Following the uproar, the Office of the Special Prosecutor searched her home and bank accounts and found a number of different sums of money.