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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).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 seems to say on the tape which has been widely circulated.
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. Some pundits will feel vindicated over her sacking, as they warned that she was too young and inexperienced to serve in government, our correspondent says.
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.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."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".