Appointees of John Dramani Mahama who have been accused of not declaring on their assets
A recent report published by The Fourth Estate accused about 100 appointees of President John Dramani Mahama of failing to comply with the order to declare their assets before the end of March 2025.
According to the report, which stemmed from a supposed RTI request, 55 ministers and deputy ministers, 8 presidential staffers, and 38 heads of state institutions appointed between January 15 and March 18 failed to meet the president’s directive as of April 17, 2025.
The affected appointees listed in the report included Seth Terkper, Presidential Adviser on the Economy; Larry Gbevlo-Lartey, Special Envoy to the Alliance of Sahelian States; Nathan Kofi Boakye, Director of Operations at the Presidency; Charles Kipo, Director of the National Intelligence Bureau; Nana Yaa Jantuah, a presidential staffer; Alhassan Suhuyini, Deputy Minister of Roads and Highways; Gizella Tetteh-Agbotui, Deputy Minister of Works and Housing; and John Dumelo, Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture.
Others include the Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Anthony Kwasi Sarpong; and the Director of Presidential Initiatives in Agriculture and Agribusiness, Dr Peter Otukunor.
Following this report, a number of the appointees of Mahama who were implicated in the report have called out The Fourth Estate, stating that they had filed their asset declaration forms contrary to the report.
Below is a list of these appointees who have called out the media house:
1. Brogya Genfi:
The Deputy Minister of Defence, Brogya Genfi, has threatened to take legal action against the Fourth Estate.
He said that the publication by The Fourth Estate is completely false and has tarnished his reputation.
“Dear The Fourth Estate, you have made a false publication about me in your story on assets declaration by appointees of President John Dramani Mahama. For the avoidance of doubt, I filed my assets declaration with the Auditor General on March 28, 2025, at 4 p.m., and I have the official receipt to that effect.
“Your false publication has lowered my image in the minds of right-thinking persons. You should know what to do within 24 hours! Failing which, I would seek legal advice,” he wrote on Facebook.
The post had a copy of the said receipt, which indeed showed that the deputy minister had declared these assets with the Auditor General before the deadline.
2. John Dumelo:
The Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, John Dumelo, who was also cited in the report, has also debunked the claim that he has not filed his asset declaration.
In a post shared on X on April 30, 2025, Dumelo said that he submitted his asset declaration form long ago.
The deputy minister wrote, “I did a long time ago. You can crosscheck.”
I did a long time ago. You can crosscheck. https://t.co/Hhrnzg28PS
— Farmer John,MP (@johndumelo) April 30, 2025
3. Dr Peter Boamah Otukunor:
The Director of Presidential Initiatives in Agriculture and Agribusiness, Dr Peter Boamah Otukunor, who was also cited in the report, has also debunked the claim that he has not filed his asset declaration.
In a post shared on Facebook on April 30, 2025, Dr Otukunor said that he had fully declared his assets, contrary to the details in The Fourth Estate report.
“I have fully declared my assets in compliance with the provisions of Article 286 of the 1992 Constitution,” the director wrote.
4. Adam Bonaa:
Dr Adam Bonaa, the Acting Executive Secretary of the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons, who was cited in the report, has also refuted it.
He said that he had declared his assets contrary to The Fourth Estate report.
He added that the media house did a bad job.
Speaking in an interview with GhanaWeb, Dr Bonaa said that he submitted his asset declaration form five days before the deadline.
He stressed that after he submitted the form, he was given a receipt, which he has since shared with GhanaWeb.
The receipt, which was dated March 25, 2025, showed that he had declared his assets.
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