Ghanaians are still reeling from the news of theft involving Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah's house helps.

On Friday, July 21, 2023, the Minister was in the top trends on Twitter over reports that money and valuables worth thousands of pounds and a million dollars, are reported to have been stolen from the Minister and her spouse’s house in Abelemkpe, Accra by two house helps; one Patience Botwe, an 18-year-old and 30-year-old Sarah Agyei.

Ghanaians have received the news with mixed reactions with some condemning the act while others have questioned the source of wealth of the minister and the motive for keeping such huge stacks of money in her house.

Former President John Dramani Mahama for instance cannot fathom how the Minister would choose to keep such an amount in her home.

In a tweet, he said: “$1m + €300k and millions of GHS in a Ghanaian Minister’s home? Scandalous!! Even if genuinely acquired, why keep millions of hard currency at home? Will @NAkufoAddo ever set a good example for public office holders in his administration?”

Other tweeps have also expressed concern over the Minister still being in office.

One user identified as @Datanomics expressed concern over how then deputy Communications Minister under the erstwhile Mahama administration, Victoria Hammah, was dismissed from office over a leaked tape in which she made claims suggesting that she would quit politics if she make $100 million, while the Sanitation Minister remains at post.

“Victoria Hammah, then dep. Comms. Minister was sacked by John Mahama in 2013 for allegedly saying she would stay active in politics till she makes $1 million. Cecilia Dapaah had over Ghc16m kept under her bed for househelps to steal. She is still at post as Sanitation Minister,” she said.

Victoria Hammah went to bed on one Thursday evening in November 2013, still a minister in the John Mahama-led NDC Administration. But by Friday morning (in the same month-within that same week), she was a persona non-grata following her dismissal from the position of Deputy Communications Minister by the president in a statement issued by Minister of Information and Media Relations, Mahama Ayariga.

It is trite knowledge that the infamous leaked tape, which was later described rather wittily as vickyleaks, purported to contain her voice, had a lot to do with her being relieved of her duties.

Victoria Hammah in the said audio confesses her determination to make one million dollars in politics before involving herself in any rancour. She also claimed among other things that a minister played a role in the Supreme Court judgment of the 2012 election petition which confirmed President Mahama as validly elected president.

According to reports, the audio was leaked by her driver.