Former Auditor General, Daniel Domelevo, has said that although President John Dramani Mahama has satisfied the requirement to declare his assets, he could have asked the Auditor General to publish the assets that he had prior to assuming office.
In the view of Mr Domelevo, the publication of the assets would have changed the paradigm relative to asset declaration.
He observes that President Mahama missed the opportunity to change the narrative.
“The President missed an opportunity to change the paradigm to say that I am not required by law to declare it publicly but Auditor General, publish what I have declared for everybody to see what I have before coming into the office, and maybe even call upon his appointees that we believe in transparency so publish what you are also going to declare.
“I think that would have taken us a notch higher than where we are. But here, he tried to comply with the law,” he told Joy FM.
President Mahama presented his completed Asset Declaration forms to the Auditor-General at a brief ceremony at the Jubilee House in Accra on Tuesday, February 18.
Following his submission, he set a deadline of March 31st for all appointees to also do the same.
He warned all his appointees that they risked being removed from office if they did not declare their assets by March 31.
President Mahama has presented his completed Asset Declaration forms to the Auditor-General at a brief ceremony at the Jubilee House.He has set a deadline of March 31st for all Appointees to declare their Assets or face possible removal from office!
— Felix Kwakye Ofosu (@FelixKwakyeOfo1) February 18, 2025
In accordance with Article 286 of the 1992 Constitution, eligible Public Office holders are required to submit their completed Assets Declaration Forms to the Auditor General’s office.
The Public Office holders to whom the above Article refers are those specified in Schedule 1 of Public Office Holders (Declaration of Asset and Disqualification) Act, 1998, Act 550 as stated below:
a) President of the Republic;
b) Vice-President of the Republic;
c) Speaker, the Deputy Speaker and a member of Parliament;
d) Minister of State or Deputy Minister;
e) Chief Justice, Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature, Chairman of a Regional Tribunal, the Commissioner for Human Rights and Administrative Justice and his deputies and all judicial officers;
f) Ambassador or High Commissioner;
g) Secretary to the Cabinet;
h) Head of Ministry or government department or equivalent office in the Civil Service;
i) chairman, managing director, general manager and departmental head of a public corporation or company in which the State has a controlling interest; and
j) The Governor, Bank Of Ghana and his deputies
k) Chairman, Electoral Commission and his deputies
l) Chairman, National Commission for Civic Education and his deputies
m) Head of Chancery of Ghana Embassy of Ghana High Commission
n) Heads of Departments of Bank of Ghana
o) Officers in the Armed Forces seconded to civilian establishment and institutions
p) Members of the Tender Boards of the Central, Regional and District Assemblies
q) Officials of Vehicle Examination and Licensing Division (VELD) not below the rank of Vehicle Examiner
r) Presidential Staffers and Aides
s) Officer of the rank of Assistant Inspector of Taxes and above in the Ghana Revenue Authority or its equivalent in the :
t) Officers of the Police Service
u) Officers of the Prison Service
v) District Chief Executive
w) Presiding member and secretary of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies
x) Chairman, Public Services Commission and his Deputies
y) Head, Office of the Civil Service
President Mahama declares assets, sets March 31 deadline for all appointees
