{"id":280279,"date":"2016-12-28T10:41:40","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T10:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=280279"},"modified":"2016-12-28T10:41:40","modified_gmt":"2016-12-28T10:41:40","slug":"well-help-you-fight-corruption-western-chiefs-to-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/well-help-you-fight-corruption-western-chiefs-to-akufo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"‘We\u2019ll help you fight corruption’ \u2013 Western Chiefs to Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Western Regional House of Chiefs has assured President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo that it will assist him fight corruption when he assumes office on January 7, 2017.<\/p>\n
The President of the House of Chiefs,\u00a0Ogyeahorhuor Kwaku Gyebi II who doubles as the Chief of the Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional Area said, corruption, in recent times, \u201cis the cancer that is destroying our motto, \u2018Freedom and Justice,\u2019 and tearing the fabric of our nationhood apart.\u201d<\/p>\n
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He said the President-elect can count on them to assist in weeding out corruption in the country.<\/p>\n
Ogyeahorhuor Kwaku Gyebi II made this known when he received the President-elect, Nana Akufo-Addo, incoming Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumiah and other bigwigs of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Western Region\u00a0as part of Akufo-Addo’s ‘thank-you’ tour of the region.<\/p>\n
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Ogyeahorhuor Kwaku Gyebi II noted that the worst form of corruption is \u201cthe bureaucratic and judicial corruption,\u201d explaining that \u201cit shreds our faith in the institutions of state. Our nationhood is challenged by all faces of corruption which goes against every grain of our traditional values.”<\/p>\n
“As Chiefs, we are also aware that it is leadership that moulds morality and values. This explains the analogy: \u2018when a fish is rotten its starts from the head. For any CEO of an organisation, there is a saying \u2013 \u2018The buck stops on my desk\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n
He said he has noted the President-elect was committed to addressing the issue of corruption in the country hence the decision of the Western Regional house of chiefs to support him.<\/p>\n