“Corruption will not end today or tomorrow . . . Human beings will continue to be corrupt in their activities," says Nana Ofori Owusu, Director of Operations of the Progressive People's Party (PPP).
The PPP man, making his submissions on Peace FM's 'Kokrokoo', noted that corruption has its roots from the genesis of the world and so no one can fully nip it in the bud.
He however noted that the surest way to address corruption is to strengthen State institutions to fight against the menace relentlessly.
According to him, corrupt persons should be brought to book and face full rigors of the laws without fear or favour.
"It is the institutions that we’ve set up that act as a checkmate against the negative appetite of man and woman. Morality codified into law and the law is blind” and when the “law is bind” every person that contravenes the law “will be brought to the full justice of law,” he said.
Nana Ofori Owusu further stated that for the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to succeed in the fight against corruption; he should empower the State Attorney to do her job effectively.
To him, there's no need for a Special Prosecutor if the Attorney General executes her duties ensuring that corruption becomes a thing of the past.
“We don’t need a Special Prosecutor if the Attorney General do their job. So, the issue is not a Special Prosecutor. The issue is the total (total) separation of what we call a Minister of Justice who’s an advisor to the President, then the Attorney General who works on behalf of the State. They’re two different things. They’re two different positions, two different posts,” he clarified.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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It is such misguided statements which embolden corrupt officials to pursue corrupt practices! If you have nothing positive to contribute to the fight against corruption then you better ***barred word***. Such defeatish minded personalities should never be allowed to address a subject as important as corruption...they belong to the status quo and are either direct or indirect beneficiaries of acts of corruption! He belongs to the helpless and hopeless! The fight against corruption is an invitation to those who believe it is a serious enough canker for which we must do something. It's about taking those little and progressive steps starting with a commitment by themselves to stay free and discourage colleagues from pursuing corrupt practices. A lot of worthwhile pursuits were once dismissed as simply impossible: e.g the concept of an aeroplane. But those who believed more in the cause and benefits of the possibility than the obstacles presented at the time pursued it and relentlessly and came out victorious! So how dare any pessimist sit somewhere and simply dismiss such a worthy cause as impossible! It will be difficult but we are willing to sacrifice everything to fight it and we will win!