{"id":298128,"date":"2025-02-22T17:21:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T17:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/02\/22\/how-can-you-declare-without-making-it-public-vim-lady-questions-mahamas-asset-declaration\/"},"modified":"2025-02-22T17:21:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T17:21:37","slug":"how-can-you-declare-without-making-it-public-vim-lady-questions-mahamas-asset-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/02\/22\/how-can-you-declare-without-making-it-public-vim-lady-questions-mahamas-asset-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"“How Can You Declare Without Making It Public?” \u2014 Vim Lady Questions Mahama\u2019s Asset Declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Media personality Afia Pokua, widely known as Vim Lady, has expressed strong disapproval of President John Dramani Mahama\u2019s recent asset declaration, calling it ineffective due to the lack of public access to the details as reported by Ghana Web on Saturday, February 22, 2025. <\/p>\n

Speaking on Okay FM, Vim Lady argued that the current system fails to promote transparency and accountability. She insisted that Ghanaians should have the right to know the specifics of the assets declared by government officials. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe asset declaration President Mahama did is useless; even Domelevo has said that. How can you declare it without making it public for Ghanaians to know the details?\u201d she questioned. <\/p>\n

Her comments align with former Auditor-General Daniel Yaw Domelevo\u2019s call for making asset declarations public. <\/p>\n

Both believe that secrecy surrounding such declarations undermines efforts to ensure public officials are held accountable. <\/p>\n

Vim Lady also cited practices in the United States, where citizens have access to asset declaration records, allowing for proper monitoring of public officials’ wealth.<\/p>\n

She stressed that Ghana should adopt a similar system to foster transparency. <\/p>\n

She further accused the country\u2019s two major political parties \u2014 the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) \u2014 of resisting changes to the law because it benefits them. <\/p>\n

President Mahama\u2019s signing of his asset declaration documents on February 18, 2025, and his directive for government appointees to follow suit by March 31, 2025, has sparked widespread debate. <\/p>\n

He warned that failure to comply with this directive would lead to punitive measures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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