A Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammy Awuku, has described President John Mahama�s statement at the National Democratic Congress (NDC) manifesto launch as someone �acting and behaving like a coward.�
Speaking on Citi Eyewitness News on Thursday, Mr. Awuku said the NDC flagbearer was vague in his policies on fighting corruption.
�Nana Akufo-Addo in his presentation last night [Wednesday] was not vague in his pronouncements, but was emphatic that the President himself was involved and cited a few scandalous deals with the issues of the STX and Embraer 190. I thought the president was going to respond to these specific allegations rather than being vague,� he said.
�We believe that the fight against corruption is a deep one, therefore we should have punitive measures and a determined government with a political will to help fight corruption,� Awuku added. �Jerry Rawlings has always made it clear whenever he mounted the platform or podium that there was crass corruption in the NDC government�.
�Under the previous NPP administration, there were laws that helped check these practices and social canker. We introduced the Procurement Act and the Financial Administration Act,� he stated.
The Deputy Communications Director accused the NDC administration of having being cited in various corrupt deals, �so this government is not a government that can help retrieve our money or bring us hope.�
He said: �I am convinced that come 2013, we will see a new Ghana where people who have squandered state resources will be brought to book no matter how long it takes.�
Source: citifmonline.com
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