If Ghana is a restaurant and corruption a staple, it will always be on the menu daily.
There is barely any day without reports of alleged corruption activity in the news.
Even though some Ghanaians are not numb to corruption scandals, the recent Airbus bribery scandal got a lot of people shaken.
It involves a UK Aircraft manufacturer, Airbus and former government officials.
See reactions below:
No Ghanaian government is going to *actually* fight Airbus/Mabey & Johnson style corruption. Let’s not kid ourselves.
It’s why they got in the game in the first place.
Personal gain aside koraa, elections are expensive things to win. There are war chests to fill.
Mo paa.
— Ankomah. (@kobbyagraham) February 3, 2020
So when will @NAkufoAddo and his people comment on the #Airbus scandal? Do they plan to collaborate with the UK government to find and prosecute the people named in the report? Or their silence is to tell us that they don’t care? Which is it?
— Nana Ama Agyemang Asante (@JustNanaAma) February 2, 2020
This week, whether you choose to focus on NDC’s $5Million scandal with AirBus, or forget NPP’s over GhS 100Million tax exemption to relatives…#AskYourConscience
Does Ghana ever win?
— KOFI GHANA (Marricke Kofi Gane) (@marrickegane) February 3, 2020
Ghana and corruption. Sunday morning and we get hit by news of Airbus bribery.
I beg which era….NDC or NPP era?
— Isaac ‘Opeele’ Boateng (@CoachOpeele) February 2, 2020
It is quite captivating to follow the news daily in and around Ghana, the good and the bad. This morning, the airbus bribery scandal is the talk of the town. UK has passed a judgment and that has numerous implications with respect to Ghana. The airbus bribery saga is…
— Van Vicker (@iam_vanvicker) February 3, 2020
Key actors in Airbus corruption scandal in Ghana
1. Gov’t Official 1 (high ranking and elected)
2. Intermediary 5 (British national and close relative of Gov’t Official 1)
3. Company D (corporate vehicle for Intermediary 5 – shareholder)
— Ghana Crimes (@GhanaCrimes) February 2, 2020
No wonder they eliminated Prof Atta Mills after he set up a committee led by Hon William Boah to investigate John Mahama…..https://t.co/GMHR8neVmk
— Nana Ansah Obofour (@NanaAnsah20) February 2, 2020
Cannot wait to find out which Ghanaian official and his relative took the bribe.
Airbus Agrees to Save $ 4 Billion Deal to End Corruption Investigations | France News https://t.co/PsIM4gJ4VK via @FR24 News English— Godfred Akoto Boafo (@eastsportsman) February 2, 2020