Appointees Who Failed To Meet March 31 Deadline For Declaration Of Asset Will Forfeit 4 Months’ Salaries – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has penalised all his appointees who failed to meet the deadline for declaration of assets.

He said they will all forfeit their salaries for four months.

He explained that earlier, all appointees had agreed to forfeit one-month salary.

As such, those who could not meet the deadline will forfeit three more months’ salaries.

“All appointees who failed to declare their assets by March 31 will forfeit their 4-month salaries to be donated to Ghana Medical Trust Fund (Mahama Cares Fund),” he said.

The President disclosed the sanction on May 5 when he launched a Code of Conduct for Public Servants in Accra.

In February, the President issued a directive to the effect that any appointee who failed to meet the asset declaration deadline would face serious sanctions, including removal from their positions.

After the deadline, 3news sources revealed that a number of high-profile individuals within the Mahama administration had not submitted their asset declaration forms. These include:

• Nathan Kofi Boakye, Director of Operations at the Presidency
• Seth Emmanuel Terkper, Presidential Adviser on the Economy
• Larry Gbevlo-Lartey, Special Envoy to the Alliance of Sahelian States
• Nathan Kofi Boakye, Director of Operations at the Presidency
• Seth Emmanuel Terkper, Presidential Adviser on the Economy
• Larry Gbevlo-Lartey, Special Envoy to the Alliance of Sahelian States

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Launching the Code of Conduct, President Mahama said it “applies broadly to ministers, deputy ministers, presidential staffers, the Chief of Staff, CEOs and their deputies, members of the Council of State, board members, and other political appointees within the executive arm of government.”

Among the codes specified in the document are;