Wa Central Member of Parliament (MP), Rashid Pelpuo believes the mantle of governance has blinded the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government and its leader, Nana Akufo-Addo, to acts of corruption.<\/p>\n
Mr. Pelpuo said this to highlight what he called double standards exhibited by the NPP on matters pertaining to corruption.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”ecy8ZEusmml9w8fLzparxOVdfKIkeCfn”]Speaking on The Big Issue\u00a0<\/strong>as the\u00a0world marked\u00a0International Anti-Corruption Day, the MP made reference to President Nana Akufo-Addo’s endorsement of the founder of the Jospong Group of Companies, Joseph Siaw Agyepong.<\/p>\n He reminded the NPP that it had accused the National Democratic Congress, when it was in power, of \u201cdealing with Zoomlion [which is owned by Jospong] in ways that they deemed were corrupt.\u201d<\/p>\n “After all these condemnations of the NDC’s dealings with Zoomlion and then sending out a journalist to prove it and the journalist comes with some proof. At the same time, the one who led the campaign against us [the NDC] and against corruption, citing Zoomlion and ourselves as being corrupt came to say, I am praising this man.\u201d<\/p>\n NPP lacking ‘moral grounds’<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr. Pelpuo said the simple explanation for this turn of events was that President Akufo-Addo “no longer sees corruption now that he is in the seat and he can no longer see Zoomlion as the corrupt [company] they saw [in opposition].\u201d<\/p>\n The NPP preached numerous anti-corruption messages en route to winning the 2016 elections and according to a number of observers, the government seems to be fulfiling some of the promises it made in that regard.<\/p>\n Parliament recently passed the Special Prosecutor Bill which will open what is hoped to be a non-partisan avenue for probing and prosecuting allegations of corruption within the government structure and beyond.<\/p>\n