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| Ghana's Victoria Hammah sacked over $1m claim | Ghana's Victoria Hammah sacked over $1m claim |
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| 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 said on the tape which has been widely circulated in Ghana. | "If you have money then you can control people," she said on the tape which has been widely circulated in Ghana. |
| Ms Hammah has not yet commented on the tape or her sacking. | 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. | The BBC's Sammy Darko in Accra says she played a key role in President John Mahama's election last year. |
| In August, she said there was a lot of pressure on her to steal from government because people thought 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. |