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Deputy Communications Minister, Felix Kwakye Ofosu has expressed confidence in President John Mahama stressing that it is under his reign that corruption has been nailed to the wall. According to Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Mahama administration is critical of the level of rot occurring in various institutions and has since taken the necessary measures to expose the culprits. He intimated that President John Mahama is on the right track and will not tolerate any corruptible practice under his administration. In the wake of the National Service Secretariat (NSS) corruption scandal, the Deputy Minister debunked claims that the President has failed to eradicate corruption in public institutions. To him, he (President Mahama) is extremely committed to the fight against corruption; ensuring that offenders face the full rigors of the law. �You cannot conceal corruption and hope that you can fight it�I can state without a shudder of doubt that he has led the way to fight corruption." He insisted that President Mahama "has outlawed one of the biggest and the most appalling cases of corruption in our land,� In his conviction, "it is not accurate to create the impression that the mere exposure of corruption in an institution means the president is condoning it. President Mahama is not condoning corruption and it will be wrong to say he is." Speaking on Peace FM's Morning Show "Kokrokoo", he indicated that as part of the government's policy measures, the President has charged the security agencies, particularly the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), to conduct investigations into the public sector pay roll to winnow all ghost names. He also discounted reports that the government has been passive in its response to the judgement debt scandals that have since rocked the Mahama administration. He therefore recounted that the Attorney General's Department has petitioned the court to retrieve the dubious sum of �25 million and US$325,000 paid to Waterville and Isofoton respectively as judgment debt. This, to him, is a mark of President Mahama's utmost commitment to make his government corruption-free. �The most appalling public policies that encourage corruption were the ones that gave government officials in the past, the right to buy official houses and vehicles after their tenure in government has been abolished by the president �It is not true that judgement about Watervile and Isofoton have been left unattended. The Attorney General has served writs on the people involved and processes are underway to retrieve all these monies."