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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 seems to say on the tape which has been widely circulated. | "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. |
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. | 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. | 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. |
Ms Hammah first came to the public attention after stumbling several times while making a speech and then saying she had been given the wrong text. | Ms Hammah first came to the public attention after stumbling several times while making a speech and then saying she had been given the wrong text. |
On the tape, which has not been independently verified, she says: "I will not quit politics until I make one million dollars." | On the tape, which has not been independently verified, she says: "I will not quit politics until I make one million dollars." |
She also criticising another deputy minister, calling her "senseless, ugly, loud and egoistic". | She also criticising another deputy minister, calling her "senseless, ugly, loud and egoistic". |
Information Minister Mahama Ayariga did not give any reason for Ms Hammah's dismissal in her one-sentence announcement. | Information Minister Mahama Ayariga did not give any reason for Ms Hammah's dismissal in her one-sentence announcement. |
But it comes 24 hours after the tape went viral on social media and was played on a local radio station. | But it comes 24 hours after the tape went viral on social media and was played on a local radio station. |
Her driver has been questioned by the police, after she lodged a complaint, saying her right to privacy had been infringed. | |
Police spokesman Freeman Tetttey told the BBC they were investigating whether an offence had been committed. |