Former Head of Monitoring at the Forestry Commission and renowned good governance advocate, Reverend Charles Owusu, has stated that President John Dramani Mahama should have dismissed his appointees who failed to comply with his March 31, 2025, directive to declare their assets.
According to Owusu, while it is understandable that not all appointments were made on the same day, meaning some appointees may have had valid reasons for missing the deadline, the president should have publicly disclosed the names of those who failed to comply.
He further argued that dismissing such appointees would serve as a deterrent, preventing others from repeating the mistake in the future.
Speaking in an interview on Peace FM on May 7, 2025, Owusu stated, “Not all of them were appointed on the same day, so I am not sure they all could meet the deadline. But what about those who flouted his orders and whose salaries he said would be redirected to support the Mahama Cares project, who are they?”
“The president did not disclose their identities, but I believe that if he truly wanted to enforce discipline, he should have dismissed all of them to prove that he meant his words.”
Meanwhile, the President, however, extended a new deadline for the asset declaration to Wednesday, May 7, 2025.
He warned that any appointee who fails to meet this new deadline should consider themselves automatically dismissed.
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