A member of the communication team of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Brogya Genfi has given President Akufo-Addo tips on how to make his opponents believe that he is really fighting corruption.
The NDC has continuously attacked the ruling government for what they call the willpower to fight corruption. They have tagged President Akufo-Addo as a ‘clearing agent’ because they believe anytime an appointee of his is caught in a corrupt act, he is cleared no matter the outcome of a committee’s report or an investigation.
The President, at a conference in Takoradi, rejected the 'clearing agent' tag insisting that he is not in charge of ‘clearing’ his appointees and that is why he hands them over to the appropriate institutions for further action.
“It is not my job to clear or convict any person accused of wrongdoing, or of engaging in acts of corruption. My job is to act on allegations of corruption by referring to the issue or issues to the proper investigative agencies for the relevant enquiry and necessary action. That is exactly what has been done since I assumed the mantle of leadership on 7th January 2017. If an appointee is cleared of any wrongdoing, the evidence adduced and recommendations made by these agencies, after the investigations are concluded, are what clear the accused persons, not myself. None of these agencies has ever indicated any pressure from the Executive over their investigations,” he indicated at the 2019 Conference of the Ghana Bar Association in the Western Region.
But contributing to Wednesday’s edition of Peace FM's morning show ‘Kokrokoo’, Brogya Genfi said: “If he wants us to believe that he’s really fighting corruption, he should first make every report on alleged corrupt officials public.”
Watch his take in the video below
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THE REPORT IS NOT AVAILABLE SO HOW CAN YOU GET IT. FOR ONCE NDC IS RIGHT. IF THEY ARE CLEARED, PLEASE MAKE IT PUBLIC AFTER ALL THEY WERE BEING PAID WITH THE PUBLIC PURSE.
ONCE UPON A TIME SOME GHANAIANS STOOD TO DEMAND "LET THE BLOOD FLOW" UNDER THE DISGUISE OF PROBITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THEY LABELLED EVERY SUCCESSFUL CITIZENS AS CORRUPT. FORMER HEADS OF STATE AND SOME SOLDIERS WERE KILLED WITHOUT GRANTING THEM ANY DEFENSE BEFORE ANY COURT OF JUSTICE. SOME POLITICIANS AND BUSINESS PEOPLE BECAME TARGETS OF PERSECUTION AND TORTURE. THEIR BUSINESSES AND REPUTATION WERE ATTACKED AND DESTROYED BECAUSE THEY REFUSED TO SUPPORT OR DID NOT BELONG TO THE EXISTING POLITICAL POWER. THEY WERE BRANDED ENEMIES OF THE STATE. IT WAS THE ERA OF CHAOS WITHOUT ANY RULE OF LAW. MANY GHANAIANS FLED AWAY FROM THEIR OWN COUNTRY TO SEEK ASYLUM ELSEWHERE. THANK GOD WE HAVE BEEN SAVED FROM THAT REGIME. NO COUNTRY CAN DEVELOP BY PRACTICING THAT TYPE OF GOVERNMENT. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE STILL SOME ELEMENTS OF THAT PRIMITIVEEE GENERATION OF OUR HISTORY WHO STILL CHERISH THAT OBSOLETE WAY TO DO THINGS. THEY AGITATE AND DEMAND FOR THE RETURN TO THAT CHAOTIC ORDER. THANKS TO NANA ADDO AND NPP GOVERNMENT FOR THEIR FIRM POSITION TO UPHOLD THE APPLICATION OF THE RULE OF LAW, IN SPITE OF THE PRESSURE PUT ON THEM.IT IS THEREFORE REQUIRED OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, POLICE, CID, BNI, NATIONAL SECURITY, EOCO, SPECIAL PROSECUTOR, THE COURTS, PARLIAMENT, EXECUTIVES AND ALL TO WORK HARD TO WEED OUT CORRUPTION IN GHANA ACCORDING TO LAW. WE MUST ALL WORK HARD TO SUPPORT AND PROTECT THE RIGHT METHOD TO FIGHT CORRUPTION. ANY WRONGFUL APPROACH CANNOT DEFEAT CORRUPTION BUT WILL ONLY GIVE IT A NEW DIRECTION AS WE HAVE WITNESSED BEFORE. WE CANNOT GO BACK TO AFRC AND PNDC STYLE OF GOVERNANCE. WE ARE SORRY NDC STILL WISH TO RESORT TO THAT OLD TYPE OF JUSTICE, THOUGH THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT WITNESSED THE MOST CORRUPT GOVERNANCE IN THE COUNTRY.
I thought Brogya is a political leader and knows that We are practicing Democracy. How can you fall so low by Asking for a report to be made public whereas serious minded people will just visit the Appropriate institution for the report. Please with the greatest respect, mr Brogya, it doesn't take much to learn or asked to be taught. Learn NDC LEARN