Ghanaian Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah has resigned from her post.
This comes after two house helps of the Minister who are currently facing charges before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly stealing an amount of $1 million, €300,000, and millions of Ghanaian cedis and other personal effects at her residence which has generated many criticism in the county.
In a letter addressed to the president, Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo, the Sanitation minister said: “I write to inform you that I wish to resign from my position as Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources. It has been a great privilege and honour for me to have been given the opportunity to serve in your government and an even greater honour to have worked to try and bring your great vision for our country to fruition.”
“Since yesterday, Friday, July 21, 2023, social and traditional media have been full of stories about a court case involving a theft that took place last year in the home I live with my husband and daughter. The stories sought to suggest that I own various huge sums of foreign currencies and millions of Ghana cedis which have been stolen from my home,” the letter read in part.
“I intend to cooperate fully with all state agencies to enable them fully establish the facts. I have no doubt whatsoever that at the end of the processes, it will be fully established that I have conducted myself with integrity during my period in public service and I will be fully exonerated from all the allegations that have filled the public domain in the past 24 hours.”
