Anti-corruption Campaigner and former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament, P.C Appiah Ofori, has stated that\u00a0President John Dramani Mahama is not corrupt.<\/p>\n
His comments come barely a day after the President boldly stated in a BBC interview on the sidelines of the anti-corruption summit in London, that he has never accepted bribe.<\/p>\n
The President’s comment has been met with mixed reactions with some suggesting that the President may not have been truthful with his response.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Citi News, <\/strong>the former NPP MP, \u00a0who never shies away from exposing alleged corrupt practices even in his own party, said President Mahama as a person is not corrupt per what he knows about him.<\/p>\n “I must say it with all honesty that he as a person as I know is not corrupt. I can vouch 100% that he is not corrupt…\u201d<\/p>\n Mahama has failed to fight corruption<\/strong><\/p>\n P.C Appiah was however quick to add that, the President has failed to translate that personal character in tackling corruption in\u00a0his government.<\/p>\n He said\u00a0the President\u00a0has not tackled the canker effectively \u00a0in his government considering the many corruption scandals including the ones exposed in the Auditor-General’s annual reports.<\/p>\n According to the former MP, he has known the President since their days in Parliament, but does not endorse\u00a0his posture\u00a0to the fight against corruption.<\/p>\n \u201cGoing by the Auditor\u2019s General report that has been coming out, covering these areas; the massive fraudulent deals the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has been hearing I can\u2019t say the President has fought corruption, \u201c the former MP for Asikuma \u2013Odoben Brakwa Constituency told Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Duke Opoku Mensah.<\/p>\n I\u2019m fighting corruption better than other regimes \u2013 Mahama\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n P.C Ofori Appiah Ofori’s comments follows President Mahama’s assertion that his administration has fought corruption<\/a><\/span><\/strong> than previous\u00a0regimes.<\/p>\n After boldly declaring to the BBC in an interview that he has never accepted a bribe, President \u00a0Mahama further stated on Thursday that, unlike his predecessors who felt exposing corruption would bring down their governments; his administration is fighting the canker head-on.<\/p>\n President Mahama, who was speaking to the BBC on the side-lines of the Anti-corruption Summit ongoing in London, said dealing with corruption in Ghana which has a high perception of the canker, is an uphill task.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know corruption is not ended. It\u2019s a tough fight. We have an uphill battle but we need a partnership of the willing to be able to do it. In a country like ours, you have a heightened perception of corruption because people are able to discuss it more freely but to move the next step where you expose it, investigate and sanction it, then you need evidence to bring it before a judge or something like that; and that\u2019s what we are doing. I\u2019ve the political will to fight corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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