President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo has disclosed that no one will be spared in his fight against corruption.
According to him irrespective of your political affiliation and regardless of your position, the law will deal with you if found culpable in any corruption act.
Speaking at this year’s SoNA, he explained that no one is above the law.
"I would like to repeat that if evidence of corruption is presented, no one will be spared regardless of your position or political affiliation. No one is above the law," he told Parliament.
"That is the true meaning of equality before the law".
"My government will also ensure that all those who are before the court will be prosecuted," he added.
Some forty or more (40) high profile personalities are currently before the courts on various charges and more are in the pipeline, he said.
He added that his government has strengthened the legal framework to fight corruption, with the help of Parliament passing the witness protection Act, 2018 (ACT 959), the office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2019, Act (992) which provides 9 frameworks for enacting a beneficial ownership register.
He assured that with political will, the war against corruption is feasible and will be won.
Considering the upsurge of corruption and scandals in recent times, the President sought to put things in perspective whilst addressing members of the Ghana Bar Association at the annual Bar Conference in Takoradi, Tuesday.
Reiterating his resolve to honor his pledges, the President said prosecutions, regardless of the entities involved have been and will be initiated whenever they are called for under his watch.
“Where prosecutions are called for, they have been or will be initiated. The war against corruption will not be won overnight, but with political will, it will be won,” he stated.
The Akufo-Addo government has been hit by a series of corruption allegations that have evoked pressure from the Civil Society, anti-corruption campaigners, opposition parties and the public.
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THE BOYCOTT OF MINORITY IN PARLIAMENT SHOULD NOT SURPRISE ANYBODY. IT WAS MEANT TO DIVERT ATTENTION FROM THE SHAME OF MAHAMA. IT IS ALL BECAUSE OF THE AIRBUS SCANDAL. MAHAMA IS DISTINCTIVELY SUGGESTED TO BE THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL ONE OF THE SCANDAL AND HIS BROTHER AS INTERMEDIARY 5. EVER SINCE THE SCANDAL BROKE OUT MAHAMA HAS FAILED TO DENY IT. SINCE SILENCE MEANS CONSENT MANY BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT MAHAMA IS THE OFFICIAL 1 WHO CONNIVED WITH OTHERS TO STEALL FROM THE STATE OF GHANA. MANY IN GHANA AND OUTSIDE AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF DIPLOMATIC CORPS SHARE SIMILAR VIEW ABOUT MAHAMA. THE SHAME OF THE AIRBUS SCANDAL MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR MAHAMA TO ATTEND SONA AND SIT WITH OTHER FORMER PRESIDENTS. THE DECISION OF MAHAMA NOT TO ATTEND SONA WAS TO CAUSE A TALK IN TOWN. PEOPLE WOULD HAVE ASKED WHY HE DID NOT COME AND SPECULATED. TO DIVERT ATTENTION ON THE ON MAHAMA AND THE AIBUS SCANDAL MATTER. THE NDC MPs WALK OUT ON FLIMSY EXCUSES WAS ONLY MEANT FOR DIVERSION. MAHAMA RECENT ATTACK ON EC SUPPORTED BY NDC AND THEIR BOYCOTT OF SONA ARE ALL MEANT TO DIVERT ATTENTION FROM THE AIRBUS SCANDAL.
OH MR PRESIDENT THEN THAT IS GOOD. LET ME TRY TO NAME THOSE INVOLVED IN THE CORRUPTION DEALS IF YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN. PDS, CASH FOR SEAT, CONTAMINATED FUEL, AMERINDS RENEGOTIATION, GALAMSEY FAILURE, MISSING EXCAVATORS, AUSTRALIA VISA RACKETEERING, SHAMBOLIC ONE VILLAGE ONE DAM, GFA USD 5000 FOR PRESIDENT, USD 3000 TO THE VICE, PREMIX FUEL MISMANAGEMENT, MARITIME ACADEMY RENOVATION, AND SO ON. NANA YOU HAVE CLEARED ALL THESE AND YOU ARE SAYING NO ONE WOULD BE SPARED. WHOA ARE YOU DECEIVING. YOU TOLD US THE NDC WERE CORRUPT AND YOU WOULD JAIL ALL OF THEM BUT WE HAVE SEEN NONE IN YOUR TENURE. WHEN AGAIN. YOU YOU TRY TO DO IT NOW, THEN IT IS POLITICAL VENDETTA. BUT 2020 WE GO SHOW NANA
Being it a prophecy or wishful thinking, I think alike that by boycotting the SONA, NDC is heading for a doomsday. Can somebody reverse the trend? We live to see!
NDC BOYCOTTED ALL BECAUSE OF INCRIMINATION FOR CORRUPTION. HOWEVER, IT WAS A POLITICAL BLUNDER FOR NDC TO VACATE THEIR SEATS DURING SONA IN THE PRESENCE OF FORMER PRESIDENTS, CHIEF JUSTICE AND SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES, POLICE AND MILITARY TOP HIERARCHY, DIPLOMATIC CORPS, NANANOM, RELIGIOUS LEADERS,THE MEDIA AND REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS GROUPINGS. IT PORTRAY NDC TO ALL THESE PEOPLE GATHERED AS A PARTY OF INDISCIPLINED MPS AND INDIVIDUALS. NDC CAN WALK OUT AT ANY TIME BUT NOT IN THE PRESENCE TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE. THEY HAVE SHOWN THEMSELVES TO ALL AS UNREASONABLEEE, IMATUREEE AND DISRESPECTFULL TO GHNANA AND ALL GATHERED. I DON'T KNOW WHO ADVISES NDC THEY ARE MAKING THEIR PARTY UNPOPULAR TO ALL RIGHT THINKING PEOPLE. NPP WILL NEVER DO THIS. THEY CAN BE ANGRY AS WELL BUT THEY WILL ALWAYS GET ONE WISEMAN TO ADVISE THEM TO AVOID COMMUTING SUCH A BLUNDERR. NONE OF THE DIGNITARIES WHO GATHERED AT PARLIAMENT WILL TAKE NDC SERIOUS. SPIRITUALLY IT IS A BAD OMEN FOR NDC TO VACATE THEIRS SEAT. SMART AS THEY WERE, NPP QUICKLY TOOK OVER THE SEAT. SO NPP OCCUPIED BOTH MAJORITY AND MINORITY SIDES. NDC HAS SPIRITUALLY RELINQUISHED THEIR SEATS TO THE NPP MAJORITY AS WELL. NPP WILL GET MORE OF THEIR SEAT IN THE NEXT ELECTIONS. THIS MEANS EITHER NDC MAY LOOSE MORE SEATS TO NPP OR NDC MAY BOYCOTT THE 2020 ELECTION. WHATERVER THE CASE NPP WILL GET MORE SEAT AFTER 2020 ELECTIONS. AND JUST AS SONA WAS DELIVERED SMOOTHLY AND UNDISTURBED THIS TIME, SO NPP WILL GOVERN AFTER 2020 ELECTIONS SMOOTHLY AND UNDISTURBED, EVEN IF NDC BOYCOTT THE ELECTIONS. ANOTHER BAD OMEN IS THE MISSING OF MAHAMA AT THE SONA. IT MEANS MAHAMA WILL BE INCARCERATED AND DISAPPEAR IN PUBLIC IN SOME DAYS AHEAD. THE EVENTS OF THE SONA CASTS SHADOW FOR THE UNFOLDING POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
The President has said his mind on Corruption. Those who have cotton wool in their underpants should beware especially those implicated in the Airbus and Enbrarer saga.