Friday, 8 November 2013

Ghana's Victoria Hammah sacked over $1m claim

Victoria Hammah
Victoria Hammah has previously said she was under pressure to steal public money

Ghana's Deputy Communications Minister Victoria Hammah has been sacked after she was recorded allegedly saying she would stay in politics until she has made $1m (£600,000).
"If you have money then you can control people," she seems to say on the tape which has been widely circulated.
Ms Hammah has not yet commented on the tape or her sacking.
The BBC's Sammy Darko in Accra says she played a key role in President John Mahama's election last year.
Some pundits will feel vindicated over her sacking, as they warned that she was too young and inexperienced to serve in government.
In August, she said there was a lot of pressure on her to steal public money because people thought that, as a minister, she was rich.
She described such demands as "obnoxious", reports the Ghanaweb news site.
"Corrupt politicians are the reflection of [a] corrupt society!" it quotes her as saying.
On the tape, which has not been independently verified, she is also heard criticising another minister, calling her "senseless, ugly, loud and egoistic".

9 comments:

  1. Only? When 500b naira is gone missing in naija, she is still a serious learner! In naija "heavy duty" crooks run the country so who will jail who? When the likes of Stella Oduah is roaming the streets like a dog on heat.smh

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  2. To think she's'just in the planning stage and was sent packing but in naija u plan, execute and live in bliss, nothing happens and so the looting and stealing cant stop

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    1. Excellent point. Well said!!!

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  3. senseless, ugly, loud and egoistic"-sounds like she is describing herself

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  4. I think she was just misunderstood in her statement cos its true that money controls ppl and she only said she wnts to make $1m not by stealling it na

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  5. But who was recording her? Abi na trusted friend. See setup!

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  6. Nawa ooo. Can Naija take a cue from Ghana and start sacking these folks here?

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