Former Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has pledged to cooperate with an investigation into allegations that she embezzled state funds.

She disclosed in her resignation letter to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Saturday, July 22, 2023.

Madam Dapaah said the investigation will exonerate her.

Cecilia Dapaah resigned in response to criticism following news that she had sued five people at the Accra Circuit Court for allegedly stealing different amounts of money from her home in the Accra suburb of Abelemkpe.

Although she maintains figures reported in the media are false, she said “I am very much aware of the import of such stories around someone in my position. I am resigning therefore because I do not want this matter to become a preoccupation of government and a hindrance to the work of government at such a crucial time.”

“I intend to cooperate fully with all state agencies to enable them fully establish the facts. I have no doubt whatsoever that at the end of the processes, it will be fully established that I have conducted myself with integrity during my period in public service and I will be fully exonerated from all the allegations that have filled the public domain in the past 24 hours,” she said.

Many Ghanaians including the main opposition National Democratic Congress and civil society organizations have described as alarming the amount of money allegedly stolen from the home of the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah.

Two house helps of the embattled politician are facing charges before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly stealing an amount of $1 million, €300,000, and millions of Ghanaian cedis at her residence in Abelenkpe, Accra, in October 2022.

Other properties belonging to the Minister and her husband valued at several millions of Ghana Cedis were also stolen within the period.