A former Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Anthony Karbo has labeled President Mahama as indecisive, when it comes to issues about fighting corruption.
“Apparently we have a President who is unable to be decisive about the fight against corruption. Not a single member of the National Democratic Congress [NDC] has been locked up with the huge corruption scandal that has hit this country,” he said.
Speaking on Point Blank segment on Eyewitness News, Karbo said corruption has reached alarming proportions, adding that the canker has become so evident in the country.
“ There is mounting evidence… talk to any taxi driver, talk to any waitress, talk to any waitress and they will tell you that there is massive corruption going on in the country.”
Karbo also outlined major challenges facing the economy, saying “all sectors of the economy are crumbling. Growth has been stagnant for the last three four years and these are all major hardships that Ghanaians are going through now.”
[contextly_sidebar id=”BMCK338jQ3WLBHVpfixUD1GVWKxVfTKD”]He believes the National Democratic Congress has only deceived Ghanaians with vain better Ghana Agenda promises.
“Today as we speak, things are on the opposite and I’m not too sure the NDC can again talk about their better Ghana agenda or ‘I care for you mantra’ again”
Karbo stated that the Presidential Commission set up by government will rather pave way for people to be pardoned without being punished for their wrongdoing.
“You know that the Presidential Commission is not a right place for us if indeed we are committed. We all know that this Presidential Commission about the World Cup saga, people are gong to walk free. .. Why do you set up a Presidential Commission when you know that the end results cannot take that person to a court of competent jurisdiction…you know that there is a legal lacuna but you[government] still go ahead to set it up,” he maintained.
The former Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Emile Short, has also expressed concerns about the increasing number of massive corruption cases saying the situation has reached “frightening proportions.”
He said there is “the lack of accountability, the mind set of people going into public office and also the fact that there is no sensitization or awareness creation about the evils of corruption and the cost of corruption.”
The Head of the Human Security Department of the National Security Secretariat, Brigadier-General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah (rtd) has also expressed concerns about the never-ending corruption cases in Ghana, and said the situation has reached “an epidemic status.”
“What is happening in Ghana and in the last few days tells me that there is complete rot in our society and we need to do something about it. It is more like an epidemic that is running through the system,” he observed with concern.
By: Marian Efe Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana