Tag Archives: CORRUPTION

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 …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said he has never been corrupt. “I’m certainly not corrupt, I continue to say that I’m not corrupt, I’ve not been corrupt; I’ve not taken money from anybody to give anybody contracts”, he told journalists at the Jubilee House on Friday, 13 December 2019 when he …

Former President John Mahama has said the level of corruption in Ghana is discouraging diasporans from investing back home. “Working and living abroad, many of you in countries where corruption has been minimised or completely eradicated, Ghanaian Diasporians who come home to invest are unnerved when they find themselves right …

The Attorney-General’s department has been accused of taking bribes to free suspected criminals. This was made known by some Ghanaians who found the act to be unscrupulous. Excerpts from the soon to be aired documentary shows how some persons in the Attorney General’s department engage in corruption by distorting the …

The Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has encouraged Ghanaians not to fear victimisation for exposing public officials and other persons who indulge in acts of wrongdoing and corruption. Mr Solomon Segu Arthur, an Investigator of CHRAJ at Dormaa East, made the call at a public forum organised …

When the level of corruption in a nation becomes gargantuan and leadership is exhibiting irresponsibility, a foreigner will tell you to shut up and ask of aid to rather deal with your personal corruption and that of your appointees. In medical care, diagnosis will determine what drug the Doctor will …

The National Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP) Sammi Awuku says the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) is frantically searching for a competitor in terms of which party superintends over corruption in order to share that unenviable ‘corruption honours’ with them. According to him, the NPP is miles ahead of …