Former presidential staffer Dennis Miracles Aboagye is unimpressed by what he calls the "fanfare" surrounding President John Mahama's recent asset declaration.

To him, it's old news dressed in new clothes. "What President Mahama has done is nothing new," he said on JoyNews' Newsfile on Saturday. "I have declared my assets twice.

Nana Akufo-Addo did it too.

The only difference is that maybe he didn't put cameras on it." Mr Aboagye, who coordinated local government and decentralisation under the Akufo-Addo administration, said the fanfare around Mahama's move was misplaced. "It was the rule.