President John Dramani Mahama has warned all his appointees that they risk being removed from office if they do not declare their assets by March 31.
The President made this caution when he 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.
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
