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Key Points in Cecilia Dapaah’s Resignation Letter: Five Significant Issues Addressed

Cecilia Abena Dapaah Resigns as Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources in Response to Controversy Over Theft Scandal

In a letter dated July 22, 2023, former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, tendered her resignation from the role. The letter was addressed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, among others, and outlined her reasons for quitting and the steps she intends to take going forward.

The resignation comes in the wake of a controversy surrounding the theft of significant amounts of money, both in local and foreign currencies, by two former maids at her private residence.

In her letter, Dapaah addressed five topical issues related to the ongoing brouhaha, highlighting their significance to the situation at hand.

Happy to have served 

Dapaah stresses that she is proud of her time in public service and thanked president Akufo-Addo for the opportunity to serve in his government and by so doing serve Ghanaians. 

“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,” she said. 

“I thank you my dear, Mr President, for the honour done me in giving me the opportunity to serve our beautiful nation Ghana,” her concluding paragraph read. 

Inconsistencies in media reports 

The former minister suggested that the figures being reported are not a true reflection of what she and her husband filed to the police.

“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. 

“Whereas I can state emphatically that those figures do not represent correctly what my husband and I reported to the Police, I am very much aware of the import of such stories around someone in my position,” she wrote. 

Why I am resigning 

According to her, resigning was the right thing in order not to burden the government with her personal issues. 

“I am resigning therefore because I do not want this matter to become a preoccupation of government and a hindrance to the work of government at such a crucial time,” she intimated. 

I’m ready to cooperate with investigative bodies 

The calls for investigative bodies to probe the issue has come in thick and fast. From calls on the Special Prosecutor to the Attorney-General to the Police and EOCO among others, this, the minister says she is ready to submit to. 

“I intend to cooperate fully with all state agencies to enable them fully establish the facts.” 

I’ll clear my name in the end

The general public has largely been critical of the issue especially with the amount of monies reported, opposition Members of Parliament have asked for her resignation or sack.

“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,” she added.

Read the full resignation letter below: 

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. Whereas I can state emphatically that those figures do not represent correctly what my husband and I reported to the Police, I am very much aware of the import of such stories around someone in my position. 

I am resigning therefore because I do not want this matter to become a preoccupation of government and a hindrance to the work of government at such a crucial time. 

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. 

I thank you my dear, Mr President, for the honour done me in giving me the opportunity to serve our beautiful nation Ghana.

Sincerely,

CECILIA ABENA DAPAAH (MS)

Credit :Ghanaweb

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