Amidu will tell his own success story – Akufo-Addo on fighting corruption
President Akufo-Addo says the fight against corruption and to
protect the public purse has been well enabled and resourced
on his watch.
President Akufo-Addo has refuted assertions that his government has
performed poorly in fighting corruption.
He insists that not only has he subjected public officers cited for alleged
acts of corruption to an investigation by the state, but he has beefed up
measures to fight corruption by establishing the Office of the Special
Prosecutor (OSP), led to boot by a prominent member of the opposition
National Democratic Congress.
Delivering on the mandate
President Akufo-Addo added that the appointment of Martin Amidu as the
Special Prosecutor is a clear testament to the government’s commitment to
fight corruption without fear or favour, especially among the president’s
own appointees.
He declared that the OSP has also been provided with the resources it
needs, including competent staff to prosecute the war on graft.
Speaking to journalists at a media interaction in Cape Coast during his tour
of the Central Region, President Akufo-Addo argued that the OSP has not
failed to deliver on its mandate.
He said that Ghanaians will appreciate its significance when the Special Prosecutor addresses the country on his office’s successes in meeting its brief.
Strengthened institutions
The president said that, having appointed a figure, not from his own New
Patriotic Party to occupy the position of Special Prosecutor and then
resourced the OSP, he would neither interfere nor be seen to interfere with
how the office operates.
Less still would he pass judgement on how well it is working? A president’s
comments on such a high-prole office could only be misinterpreted or
credited with too much importance, he said.
President Akufo-Addo also pointed to the work the NPP government has
done to ensure better accounting for use of the public purse by vastly
strengthening institutions such as the Audit Service and Public
Procurement Authority, both of which languished under John Mahama’s
NDC government.