The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) does far better in fighting corruption than the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), former President John Dramani Mahama, has said.
 
“In the fight against corruption, the NDC has a better record [than the NPP] in terms of regime accountability.

“The NPP has proven in government that it is always reluctant to pursue their own despite the swelling stench of corruption around their administration,” Mr Mahama, who was addressing delegates of the NDC on Saturday, 17 November 2018 at the Accra Trade Fair Centre, stated.

He has also accused President Nana Akufo-Addo of scheming to always exonerate his corrupt officials.

According to Mr Mahama, the “true test of fighting corruption is holding your own accountable when they go wrong, and, so far, the president has failed this test”.

“Most appallingly, the president has become the clearing house for clearing his appointees accused of corruption. He has on several occasions cleared his ministers and appointees when allegations of corruption have been made against them. It was a low-day for Ghana when the president peddled falsehood on a panel at a recent South African investment forum that all allegations of corruption made against people in his administration have been investigated and cleared by independent investigative bodies. That was an obvious untruth”.

In Mr Mahama’s view, what “Ghanaians have seen so far is lip service in the fight against corruption. The Special Prosecutor’s Office, their flagship programme, remains starved of anti-corruption instruments, remains starved of funds, and remains starved of personnel and logistics to do its work.