Former Auditor-General of Ghana, Daniel Yaw Domelevo has lauded President Mahama's directive for all his appointees to immediately fulfil asset declaration requirements, insisting that filling the asset declaration form should not last more than an hour.
The president on Wednesday directed the first set of his ministerial appointees to begin the process of declaring their assets and indicated that the Chief of Staff would soon announce a cut-off date by which all eligible appointees must submit their asset declaration forms to the Auditor-General.
Domelevo while speaking on Joy FM's morning show on Thursday, said he has had to declare his assets twice and it does not take more than an hour to complete the process.
Ghana's constitution in Article 286 (1) requires a good number of public office holders to submit to the Auditor-General "a written declaration of all property or assets owned by, or liabilities owed by, him whether directly or indirectly -(a) within three months after the coming into force of this Constitution or before taking office, as the case may be,(b) at the end of every four years; and(c) at the end of his term of office." And according to Domelevo, listing one's assets does not last for more than an hour, suggesting that unless the individual is a multi-billionaire as to require a lot of time to think of all the property they owe, this exercise should be carried out quickly to enhance the fight against corruption.
