{"id":13839,"date":"2024-06-12T00:36:37","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T00:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=13839"},"modified":"2024-06-13T14:22:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T14:22:49","slug":"corruption-fight-its-not-enough-to-call-akufo-addo-clearing-agent-basintale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=13839","title":{"rendered":"Corruption fight: It\u2019s not enough to call Akufo-Addo \u2018clearing agent\u2019 \u2013 Basintale"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Malik Basintale, the Deputy Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has stated that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his government have failed woefully in the fight against corruption.<\/strong><\/p>\n

President Akufo-Addo, in his speech during the commissioning of the newly completed office complex for the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice in Accra on Monday, stated, amongst other things, that the fight against corruption has been the cornerstone of his administration.<\/p>\n

Moreover, President Akufo-Addo underscored his administration\u2019s commitment to the fight against corruption, which, according to him, is evident in the completion of \u201cThe Law House\u201d to augment the efficient operations of the Justice Ministry.<\/p>\n

However, the NDC Communicator disagreed with the President, citing cases of alleged corrupt practices by his appointees, which were poorly handled with no proper investigations.<\/p>\n

Basintale said: \u201cCOVID-19, there were lots of expos\u00e9s that COVID funds were misappropriated. The auditor general told us that GH14 million was used to set up a facility at Adaklu, and abandoned it to the mercy of the weather,\u201d he said in an interview on Accra-based Citi FM on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

He continued by alleging that \u201cover GHC11m were shared with cronies and they were testimonies from NPP persons. An example is Felicia Tetteh\u2026who admitted that part of the money was given to her to spend and use for the campaign. Yet nothing was done in that investigation. She was left off the hook.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo there are series of instances where the president himself was indicted\u2026And so the president, the vice president, together with all their appointees, have been indicted in one way or the other. And it is not even enough to just call Akufo-Addo, the mother\u2019s serpent of corruption.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, there\u2019s not enough to call Akufo-Addo, the clearing agent. You must call him the clearing agent and he [doubles] as the mother servant of corruption as said by his special prosecutor, Martin Amidu,\u201d Basintale said.<\/p>\n

Relatedly, the President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has taken a swipe at the President over his claims that the core of this administration has been combating corruption.<\/p>\n

Mr Cudjoe in a post on Facebook on Tuesday, wrote, \u201cIt is a lie! My dear friend please stop boasting about fighting corruption.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll those investments you speak of are mere do-little efforts that have had ZERO impact on Ghana\u2019s ranking on the Global Corruption Perception Index.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

\u201cYour best record is your predecessor\u2019s worst! The theatrical comedy of errors engineered in the case of the missing millions of $$ some appointees stash away feed into the grand theft of Africa\u2019s resources, estimated at $4700 per second using 2005 AU statistics. Please let us meet and go over our notes,\u201d the governance commentator stated.<\/p>\n

The post Corruption fight: It\u2019s not enough to call Akufo-Addo \u2018clearing agent\u2019 \u2013 Basintale<\/a> first appeared on 3News<\/a>.<\/p>

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