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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.