Former Auditor General Daniel Domelevo described the comment by State Councilor Sam Okudzeto that there is nothing wrong with keeping money hidden in the country as an unfortunate comment.
The former president of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has defended former Health Minister Cecilia Abena Dapaa following questions about the millions of bodies found in her home.
In an interview with Accra-based TV3, he said he was under no obligation to justify the source of the funds found at his home.
Mr Okudzeto admonished some Ghanaians who perceived it as disingenuous to criticize Mr Dapaa, who is facing intense investigation over large sums of cash found in his home.
The private lawyer said, “If you come and find the money with me, I have an obligation to account for whose money, even though no one has complained that I stole his money.” Is there?” I asked.
“You Ghanaians are not honest people. Many people ask who got the money from where all these huge buildings they are building and no one listens. .
“So they want to take one person and make it seem like she’s just some freak thug who stole money, when there’s no evidence that she even stole money.”
However, speaking to Raymond Acquah on Joy News Upfront on Wednesday, the former Auditor General maintained that keeping the amount at home was questionable.
“I think it’s unfortunate…my position is not based on the law, but at least as a public figure and a leader in government talking about making sure everyone has access to the financial sector. It may be difficult to keep that amount of money at home.”It may be legally wrong, but I doubt it,” he said.
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Last week, the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) expressed regret at the latest developments in the case of Cecilia Dapar.
This comes after the Attorney General’s Office recommended in a letter to the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) not to investigate allegations of money laundering related to certain monies found in the private residence of Mrs. Cecilia Dapaa. It was about.
But the center said in a statement that after more than eight months of investigation into the theft of $1 million in cash and 300,000 euros from Mrs Dapaa’s home, a further $590,000 and CHF2.73 million were later recovered. He said it was hard to believe what had been discovered. With OSP keeping cash on Madam Dapa’a’s property, not to mention the huge balances held in investment and bank accounts, Ghanaians have never heard from any public authority about the origin of these funds. I couldn’t easily get a satisfactory answer.
The statement said the fact that these funds clearly exceed, at least in aggregate, the former minister’s known or verifiable income should give rise to legitimate questions and reasonable doubts and doubts as to their source.
Therefore, it said that continuing to investigate this matter to determine the source of the funds was eminently justified under the circumstances.
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