Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference (GCBC) has called for a reduction in the number of vehicles used as convoys for presidential and ministerial purposes.
The Conference also requested a downsizing of the Akufo-Addo-led government, as well as, leaders of State-Owned Enterprises.
A release issued after the Conference's Annual Plenary Assembly on Friday, November 11, 2022, said the move, when adhered to by the government will demonstrate the spirit of burden sharing.
“The size of government and leadership in State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) should be significantly reduced...One strong signal that will indicate leadership is committed to burden-sharing is by reducing the size of presidential and ministerial convoys,” part of the release read.
The Catholic Bishops' Conference also charged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to show commitment in the fight against corruption.
The Conference asked President Akufo-Addo to ensure that all misappropriated funds cited in the Auditor-General's report were retrieved through appropriate means.
“We ask that our President should show real commitment in fighting corruption by making use of the security and intelligence community to investigate allegations of corruption, prosecute as well as recover stolen funds,” the release added.
The Annual Plenary Assembly was held at the Fr. Alfons Merten Centre in Donkorkrom in the Eastern Region from Friday, November 4 to Saturday, November 12, 2022.
Meanwhile, Most Reverend Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi has been elected as the new President of the Conference.
Source: Ghanaweb.com
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The bishops advice taste like wine, full of sweetness but lacking substances. I expected them to have told the president the acceptable or ideal number that should constitute a presidential convoy. Initially i also felt the president convoy was too long until a friend who is close to the presidency told me that some of the vehicles in the president's convoy are private. For example if the president visits a particular region to inspect ongoing projects you can't stop the director of the construction firm who also uses a V8 from driving on the same route the president is driving towards. Again every government has party faithful in the regions who have their own V8's and may decide to follow the president on his tour, there is no way you can stop them. Now when people see these vehicles in the convoy they count all of them as government vehicles. Maybe when the president is moving his vehicles should be in between two police motorcades, one in front and another at the back. Any vehicle behind the police rider at the back of the president's convoys can then not be part of the convoy even though those vehicles may be following.