Former presidential spokesperson under the Mills administration Koku Anyidoho has said that government appointees should be solely held liable for the problems they create while in office.
Koku says this has been his position that individuals should be held responsible for their actions.
Commenting on the development of the immediate past Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Dapaah who resigned from her post, Koku Anyidoho who is also a former Deputy General Secretary said “My position has always been that; My position has always been that; if a Govt appointee creates his/her own problem/s vis-a-vis unacceptable conduct (especially financial impropriety), let the person be solely responsible for his/her conduct.
“You took the decision alone; why should I jump to your defense?/s vis-a-vis unacceptable conduct (especially financial impropriety), let the person be solely responsible for his/her conduct. You took the decision alone; why should I jump to your defense?”
My position has always been that; if a Govt appointee creates his/her own problem/s vis-a-vis unacceptable conduct (especially financial impropriety), let the person be solely responsible for his/her conduct. You took the decision alone; why should I jump to your defense?
— Samuel Koku Anyidoho?? (@KokuAnyidoho) July 22, 2023
Madam Cecilia Dapaah tendered in her resignation in a letter to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Saturday, July 22 barely 24 hours after news of some foreign cash stolen from her bedroom came to light.
“I intend to cooperate fully with all the state agencies to enable them fully establish the facts,” she assured in her letter.
“I have no doubt that at the end of the processes it will be established that I have conducted myself with integrity during my period in public service and I will be fully exonerated from all the allegations,” she further said.
She was said to have kept $1 million, €300,000 and millions of undisclosed Ghana Cedis at home.
These monies were allegedly stolen by two house helps, for which they are standing trial at an Accra Circuit Court.
She had earlier indicated that there were inconsistencies with the facts and the public reports.
She, therefore, insisted in her resignation letter that the figures put out in the public domain do not correctly reflect what she and her husband submitted to the police in their statement.
The former lawmaker, however, admits she understands the import of such stories around someone of her stature.
“I am resigning, therefore, because I do not want such a matter to become a preoccupation of government and a hindrance to the work of government at such a crucial time.”