President John Dramani Mahama has touted the achievements of his government as far as the fight against corruption is concerned and indicated that his personal commitment to expose corruption is unmatched in the governance history of the country.
He said unlike some former leaders who indicated that they would not expose corruption to bring down their governments, he had taken the bold decision to expose corruption in his government.
Speaking at the “Evening Encounter with Presidential Candidates” programme on Ghana Television (GTV) last Wednesday, President Mahama denied suggestions that he had failed to deal with public officials accused of corruption.
He answered questions from the audience, including chiefs, captains of industry, teachers, students, journalists, trade unionists and persons with disability from GTV studios in Accra and Cape Coast.
President Mahama said he would have arrested and detained alleged corrupt public officials if Ghana were in a military or dictatorial era but indicated that the country’s constitutional rule would not allow him to act arbitrarily.
“Some of them have pleaded guilty and offered refunds. So we have got back GH¢40 million of taxpayers’ money. Others are under criminal investigations which have been going for the past three years.
“But we cannot eat our cake and have it. People have to go through the process and the process is very slow,” he said.
Despite the challenges, he said, the Attorney General (A-G) and Minister of Justice, Mrs Marietta Brew Appiah-Opong, had recovered GH¢40 million from officers implicated in the malfeasance at the National Service Secretariat three years ago.
Source: Daily Graphic
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To my all who went to vote for this government because of something you have got or your passion for them .Please do not be self centered and do not think about your gain only but your family members.The economy is stable now due to the raised bound by this government .Ghana will pay back this with interest and this will be transferred to the ordinary citizens .The dollars will go up high by next year.Power for ghana is being sought for form Ivory coast to add up just to maintained the situation till the election is over.They are wasting a lot of money and will take back from ordinary ghanaians next year.This government is very smart ,they are hidden behind infrastructure development.Yes infrastructure is good but' a new pair of shoes for boy who has never worn one before is not important has to taken care of him through out the months'.After this election since they have wasted a lot of money ,taxes will go up,utilities will go up, petrol will increase in prize ,since they have not invested in agriculture and food is being imported it will be costly,They are pretending to be fighting corruption but they can never do it.If this country reduce corruption ,we can do all this without borrowing.Our borrowing too can lead to our dear country declared junk country.Let change this government.
look at this ***barred word*** fuuul who thinks lying is a profession, the numerous stealling and inflated contractes, ***barred word*** Bole an1mal kwashia buuuulu julor
ALL GHANAIANS ARE AWARE OF THE THE MONEY BEING SIPHONED TO FOREIGN ACCOUNTS AND ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES ON FOREIGN LANDS. CONTINUE TICKLING YOURSELF AND LAUGH TO IT. ONE DAY YOU WILL FACE THE MUSIC.
I DON'T NEED TO WRITE MUCH. WE ARE ALL WITNESSES TO THE CREATE, LOOK AND SHARE SYSTEM WE ARE IN. ONE DAY, ONE DAY EVEN IF CORRUPT POLITICIANS WILL NOT ACCOUNT TO GHANAIANS, THEY WILL HAVE TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT TO GOD.THE LIES AND PROPAGANDA ARE JUST TOO MUCH.
A very f0olish statement indeed. Sometimes you guys think we are st.upid eh? B.ullS.hit
Hahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahaha.... Lord have mercy on this incompetent lying president. I can't control myself. Covering up for your gang of ***barred word*** is the way to fight corruption? The SC and Matin Amidu made it easy for you to collect GHC51.2 given to a con artist illegally but you couldn't do it. Is this your way of fighting corruption? Where are the SABA judgments? How much have you retrieve from the SADA looters? Where are the NSS judgment and how much have recoup from them? You're the embodiment of incompetence and corruption so how can you fight corruption successfully? Your administration have signed a $2 billion 10 year shady contracts with AMERI GROUP and Karpower for a mere 500 MW of power while as others are getting 1000 MW of power for $1.4 billion; do you call this fighting corruption? With all the over inflated power contracts your administration has signed, you still can't solve the DUMSOR problem. A problem which is destroying Ghana's economy. You and your appointees are interested in making capital out of DUMSOR to enrich yourselves and have no intention of solving the problem. We're tired of your BORROW, INFLATE, CREATE, LOOT, SHARE and COVER-UP corrupt incompetent economic policies. You're the chief ENABLER who have created a fertile corrupt environment for your appointees, family members, friends and party members to "RAPE" this nation financially. How can you fight corruption when you and your A-G are protecting woyome? Come again but try not to insult our intelligence because we're all not that gullible sycophants.
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM??? OR YOU MEAN YOU YOUR RECORD IN CORRUPTION IS UNPARALLELLED. HEHEHEHEEHEHEHEEEHHHEHEHHHEHEHEHEHEHEH, I LAUGH AAAAAAAAAAAAAA ENTER NIMA GUTTER. WALAAAAAAAAAAAAHI !!!!!!
CORRUPT LEADER
Please, stop tickling yourself. Enough of your incompetence. I am sure he was not thinking right when he said that so let's pardon him by voting him out.
So because you've saved us 40million cedis, we should allow Woyome to keep our 51 million cedis? What kind of logic is this Mr. President? Please publish the names of those who were found guilty of embezzlement and who have paid back. You will find out yourself that they are the same people you stole our money for under the guise of PPP- Subah, SADA, GYEDA etc