President Expresses His Satisfaction With Government’s Corruption Fight
- Category: General
- Date 04-05-2021
President of the republic, Nana Akufo-Addo, has indicated how content he is with the government’s fighting prowess against corruption in his tenure.
Stating that there are evidences to proof this feat achieved by the government in an interview as he went on to say that the country’s anti-corruption ranking has “gone up several notches.”
Touching on the issues of resource, he remarked that the country was poorly resourced when he took over office in 2017 posing as a challenge but made it point to adequately provide resources to foster efficiency and efficacy.
“For the anti-corruption institutions of our country, when I came into office, [they] were very poorly resourced. We can talk all we like about corruption and make all the wonderful statements but if the instruments at your disposal for dealing with it are weak and blunt, you will get no result.”
He went on to say that, “Am I satisfied that we’ve been effective? I will say yes. A lot has been done, and it is reflected in Ghana’s growing position and rankings of corruption in the world. We’ve gone up several notches since I came into office because we are dealing with these matters at the basic level.”
Talking about Daniel Domelevo’s exit from the Auditor-General’s office, he mentioned that the act was purely on the grounds that he had attained the retirement age and was due to retire, adding that “There's a time for retiring which is prescribed by statute, not my making. If you are 60 years old you are no longer supposed to be able to work in the public service…The Auditor-General, like me, should be some of the first to recognize the laws in our country.”
Source: kantankatv.com/ Nii Arma Bonsu