Tag Archives: CORRUPTION

Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, is appealing to the government to import “corruption vaccines”. Apart from the COVID-19 vaccine, the legislator said government needs corruption vaccine to purge itself off the canker. “Mr Speaker, I wish to say that in this era of COVID-19 …

Former Auditor General Daniel Domelevo says corruption in Ghana is a “dangerous enemy” that cannot be fought by one person. He’s therefore thanked civil society organizations saying they propped him up on fighting corruption in Ghana while in office. “I must say to the anti-corruption CSOs or institutions fighting corruption, …

“Mother serpent of corruption” a phrase which until the late afternoon of Friday, November 27 was uncommon to some Ghanaians, has become the most used phrase on social media since Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu used it in his second address to the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Amidu, a lawyer with admirable writing …

The Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress(NDC), Mr John Dramani Mahama, has called out President Akufo-Addo or not only superintending a corrupt government but also offering protection for corrupt government appointees who are largely members of the president’s family and friends. Speaking to a crowd at Talensi, Mr Mahama said on …

President Nana Akufo-Addo scored two out of 10 in the fight against corruption, according to anti-corruption campaigner, Prof. Stephen Kwaku Asare, popularly known as Kwaku Azar. This score, he explained, shows Ghana has not improved in its corruption fight under a President who promised to nib the canker in the …

Political corruption or leadership is the most critical issue facing the country today, according to the results of the third wave of the Ghana Election Poll which run from August 1 to September 31, 2020. 46% of the 2,246 participants of the poll, almost half of Ghanaian adults, were more …

The Minority in Parliament has accused the Audit Service of breaching the law establishing Auditor General’s office by not submitting its 2019 report to Parliament, six months after the year ended. They blame the situation on President Akufo-Addo’s decision to direct the AG, Daniel Domelevo to proceed on his accumulated leave. Describing …

Running mate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has stated that whereas former President John Dramani Mahama prosecuted his appointees for corruption, President Akufo-Addo has failed to subject his appointees to similar course whenever such allegations are levelled against them. Speaking at an interaction with officials of the Ghana …

News of Martin Amidu being the first occupant of the Special Prosecutor seat was welcomed with huge excitement by anti-corruption campaigners and NPP members who, for long, argued that the Mahama administration was riddled with corruption, hence, the need for some of the appointees of that administration to face prosecution. Martin Amidu was …

In an effort to weed out corruption in its ranks, the South African Police Service (SAPS) on Wednesday nabbed eight of its own in a pre-dawn operation across the country. The eight are among the 14 arrested by an Anti-Corruption Task Team during the operation. Among the arrested are senior …