Former President John Mahama has bemoaned what he says is the weakened approach by the media in the fight against corruption in the country.
According to him, some media practitioners are paid to vilify their colleagues who are working hard to expose graft in the country.
“The media have a key role to play in the fight against corruption it is, therefore, sad that when a media person has investigated issues to do with corruption and is exposing such rot it is his own colleagues that are also media persons who are paid to vilify him and attack him. This is a paradox of our situation,” Mr Mahama said at 88th Annual National Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission Ghana.
He added: “The media in chapter 12 of our Constitution is given the role of a watchdog, a watchdog is a dog that guards your property against thieves and so the constitution says the media shall be the watchdogs of the people over government to make sure government does the right thing and does not misuse our money and yet you find in many cases where the media is rather the watchdog of government against the people. And that is also a paradox of the situation we face currently.”
Mr. Mahama also urged religious and traditional leaders to be bold in criticising what he says is the worrying levels of nepotism and corruption in Ghana today.
“Nepotism doesn’t become right because a different government is in power and our religious and traditional leaders must have the
Source: Ghanaweb.com
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ONE PERSON IS JUST REPEATING HIMSELF IN DIFFERENT FORMS
you released journalist who threatened elderly judge with rape and death. you thought it was right then, now what are you talking about? don't be ***barred word*** of your deeds. correct what you did towards the montie 3 and condemn them as such before you talk about others. promise us what you would do better to improve employment and income.
Mr Kweku Baako Jnr, is number, per the way at times he talks as well as Mr Bentil
This should not be a zero sum game. What he is saying is true and if anyone thinks otherwise, then we are in big trouble. We all criticised Mahama in some of the abominable acts that occurred in his government but it looks like there is a group of people who see no wrong in this government. It is sad.
he has the opportunity to speak and he reveals what he used to do with journalists... You freed the Montie 3 journalists who threatened Supreme Court Judges with rape and death. Now that's a corruption of character on your part.
PLEASE BE A LITTLE BIT CIRCUMSPECT IN YOUR TALKS BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN A PRESIDENT BEFORE.There is no amount of talking you will do that will bring you to power again, tofiakwa, but what are you coming to do? I now decree like the Jews said NEVER AGAIN TO NDC and their nice incompetent mahama. NDC YAAMUTU, NDC YAAMUTU, NDC YAAMUTU, NDC YAAMUTU, NDC YAAMUTU, NDC YAAMUTU, NDC YAAMUTU, NDC YAAMUTU, NDC YAAMUTU, NDC YAAMUTU
What did you do in eight years about corruption? We have been the most corrupt president Ghana has ever produced. You gifted 60% of the country's bauxite deposit to your brother's company one week before you left office as president. You took a bribe of Ford SUV. You built a complete estate with your wife and that's where you live now. You st0le COCOBOD money to reconstruct their guest house at Bole, with the intention of taking it as your property on retirement. Your brother's cheques bounced back 43 times when you were in power. Your brother caused the collapse of Merchant Bank as well as UT Bank. You bought buildings adjacent to your official resident at East Cantonments. HIPPO Transport is for your brother, and you see how the company has refused to pay its tax to the state? You and your people inflated all state sponsored projects including Kasoa Interchange, Nkrumah Interchange, Ridge Hospital, All the Regional and District Hospitals that you built. Pokuase Interchange was to was to be constructed for USD80m for three tier while Nana Addo is doing a four tier for USD55m. You stole 17% shares of MPS Port expansion and gave them USD850m tax exemption, Ameri was sold to us for USD510m instead of USD360m, Same mega corruption for KArpower ship, KIA Terminal 3 was loaded with USD100m extra, and several others. That's the reason why you have all the money to finance your second campaign for president. Ghanaians will definitely remember how you milked us from 2012 to 2016. You will cry and collapse in 2020.
That is what you did about the ford case. Bad politicians they only see when they are out of power.
Is that what you have been doing when you were in government? if it is true. Nemesis will catch up with you very and very soon. Ghanaians know what you did during your time and don't forget, Ghanaians don't have short memory.
Kawanopado