{"id":112,"date":"2023-07-27T14:03:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T14:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/lifestyle\/?p=112"},"modified":"2023-07-27T14:10:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T14:10:46","slug":"ghana-ex-minister-faces-arrest-for-housekeepers-theft-of-over-1-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/lifestyle\/2023\/07\/27\/ghana-ex-minister-faces-arrest-for-housekeepers-theft-of-over-1-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana:\u00a0 Ex &#8211; Minister Faces Arrest For\u00a0 Housekeepers Theft Of Over $1 million\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">Ghana:\u00a0 Ex &#8211; Minister Faces Arrest For<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Housekeepers Theft Of Over $1 million<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Zainab Tanimu<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">A former Ghanaian Sanitation Minister,<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Cecilia Abena Dapaah who resigned over the weekend after her houseworker allegedly stole more than $1 million in cash from her home has been arrested for suspected corruption.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">A special prosecutor in Ghana confirmed this.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">While Dapaah has denied any crimes, the case drew criticism from Ghana\u2019s opposition, which questioned why a minister had such large amounts of cash in her house.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">Special prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng said Dapaah was placed under arrest on Monday \u201cin respect of suspected corruption and corruption-related offences regarding large amounts of money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Ghana\u2019s special prosecutor\u2019s office deals with cases of corruption involving public officials, judges or senior political party members.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-115\" src=\"http:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/lifestyle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC_1484-copie-732x419-1-300x172.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/lifestyle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC_1484-copie-732x419-1-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/lifestyle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC_1484-copie-732x419-1.jpg 732w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The arrest came as President Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s government deals with the country\u2019s worst economic crisis in years, which has pushed Ghana to seek a $3 billion loan from the IMF.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">As the country prepares for its primaries later this year, preparation is at its height as Akufo-Addo\u2019s ruling NPP chooses its candidate to run for the coming election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana:\u00a0 Ex &#8211; Minister Faces Arrest For Housekeepers Theft Of Over $1 million Zainab Tanimu Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria A former Ghanaian Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah who resigned over the weekend after her houseworker allegedly stole more than $1 million in cash from her home has been arrested for suspected corruption. 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