The Office of the Special Prosecutor, OSP, has charged Cecilia Dapaah, former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources for failing to comply with a directive from the office to declare her property and income.
The Office of the Special Prosecutor as part of investigations had demanded that Cecilia Dapaah should declare her income and property.
Cecilia Dapaah is a suspect under investigation for corruption and corruption related offences including using public office for profit in respect of suspected “tainted large cash sums reportedly stolen from her residential premises.”
The Office of the Special Prosecutor has retrieved the said large cash from her residential premises.
According to the Office of the Special Prosecutor per a Charge Sheet signed by the Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng and filed on October 6, 2023, without lawful excuse, Cecilia Dapaah has failed, within thirty (30) days, to comply with a notice to declare her property and income served on her by the Special Prosecutor on July 24, 2023 under regulation 20(1) per Forms 1A and 1B of the First Schedule of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (Operations) Regulations, 2018 (L.I. 2374) as specified in regulation 20(2) and Form 21 of the First Schedule of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (Operations) Regulations, 2018 (L.I. 2374).
The OSP has thus charged the former minister with one count of failing to comply with a lawful demand of an authorised officer of the Office of the Special Prosecutor in the performance of his functions, contrary to section 69(1)(a) of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959).