Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Martin A.B. Amidu, has accused former President John Dramani Mahama of undermining efforts by the Akufo-Addo administration in fighting corruption in the country.
According to him, “moles planted in high positions by the Mahama administration, within the ministries ahead of the 2016 election, are sabotaging efforts by the Akufo-Addo administration to fight corruption, especially regarding the GHC51.2 million judgment debt paid to businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, by the Mills/Mahama administration.
In an article titled: “The missing link” in the Woyome case, Mr Amidu said a recent concern raised by the Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul-Malik Kweku Baako, about why nothing has happened to the Mills appointees who facilitated the payment of the GHC51.2 million, was a good reminder which could help the state retrieve the money from Mr Woyome.
While noting that: “No reasonable person expects President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to personally investigate and deal with suspects in fulfillment of his promises of fighting corruption and dealing with past corruption which substantially contributed to earning him the Presidency,” Mr Amidu observed that: “This is a function of his appointees to whom he has assigned ministerial responsibility for security and intelligence, law and order, and particularly justice.”
He noted that President Akufo-Addo’s inability to tackle corruption as promised is due to the NDC moles in the ministries “who are misadvising the ministers responsible for dealing with issues such as the Woyome saga.”
“The change of government brought about by the electorate who demonstrated their hatred for corruption in the body politic offered the chances for the new government to re-open the case and find the real facts, which the previous government suppressed because it was itself complicit in the commission of the suspected crimes. Eleven months down the line, nothing has been done or is being done to the knowledge of the public to redeem the President’s promise on this outstanding matter.
“One of the problems faced by some of the appointees of the present government is the ability to go beyond the biased advice being proffered to them by the senior public officers they inherited from the previous government. A conscientious and knowledgeable minister should be able, within the first three months in office, to know how many of his officers were recently promoted by the outgoing government and their role in cover-ups in the ministry. The inability of any minister to understand the composition and promotional history of his senior public servants upon whom he depends for advice within the first three to six months means that he may be working with moles planted before the demise of the previous government,” he said.
“A simple analysis of the staff list in any ministry including transfers within a period will easily give any minister a bird’s eye view of how very junior staff wormed their way into acting senior positions above their very senior and competent colleagues and were later promoted in the election year, just in case the ballot was lost,” he added.
This, the anti-corruption crusader said, may provide an opening into the dependability and professionalism of some senior public servants in calling the government’s attention to residual issues needing urgent redress.
Source: today
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This attitude of amici is generating sympathy for madam for now everybody is seeing is borne out of enviness
I urge them to go to Amerika and stay there for a year and they will understand you. People like that are the saboteurs of the country and they dont know anything. They live in mosquito-infested country called Ghana and they think they know alot. lol Sometimes when I see some Ghanaians brag I just sit back and laugh. I wonder what they know .lol
You chased mahama to opposition yet it's still not enough for you. For almost a year that your party npp came to power they have not been able to collect even a pesewa from woyome, meanwhile you have all institutions at your beck and call. If you think moles are preventing your president, why don't you sack them and be free. Didn't you see those moles when you were asking all ndc workers to proceed on leave. If your sillyness is disturbing you deal with it, and stop the propaganda because Ghanaians are wise.
You all don't have love for this country, but love corrupt leaders. its a shame...
Master what ever you have on the former president you better say it and stop the merry go round. Yaa bre wo. Oh i think he is the special prosecutor in coming.
Master please live Mahama alone. what did you do when you were the attonney general . How many corrupt cases were you able to prosecute. Did you even go to court to face woyome. You did nothing until you were sacked then you turned to woyome and luckly had the aggrieved Judges to support you to become famous. Am just tied of your ***barred word*** articles on woyome and Mahama
Can't Mr. Amidu make his case without exposing his hatred against the person of Mr. Mahama? Abah! The last time I heard he was blaming Mr. Mahama for his wife's salty soup
Are you NDC people normal at all? Woyome himself said he had no contract with Ghana. So P-kay and CAN THIS MAN GIVE US A BREAK ALREADY where is your love for your country to retrieve money fraudulently given to Woyome? Aided by dishonest attorney general Moud Iddrisu and her cohorts. Shame on you all. You claim you are Christians, go to church, some are elders of churches yet you steal like there is not tomorrow. What education are you giving your children or the young ones in your ***barred word*** National Decievers Congress (NDC) I hope all those who aided in this shameful act would be brought finally to face justice.
Mr Amidu, enough with the hypocrital attitude. Leave Mr. Mahama alone. Let him be. One would have thought your greedy sycophantic self would be appeased after the ex-president lost the elections. But no, you just wouldn't stop at anything in order to soil his image. Grab a sit sir, we have pressing issues to deal with.
Just allow us be!!!! The Wayome man has been walking freely for almost a year now since NPP came into power.... Just allow us find ways and means of paying the high utility bills and fuel prices