"Ghanaians' confidence in Akufo-Addo to fight corruption has diminished" – GII

General News of Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Source: rainbowradioonline.com

2019-07-16

Ms. Awelana Mary Addah, Program Manager for the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), personally stated that Ghanaians had lost confidence in Nana Addo's government fighting corruption.

Claiming that this view did not represent that of GII, she stated that it would be better for them to conduct a survey to determine whether Ghanaians had confidence in the current government in the fight against corruption but, from its point of view, personal view, she believes that there is more room for improvement.

It was after the facilitator had asked if the GII as the institution had collected responses representing views on Ghanaians that the fight against corruption under President Akufo-Addo was in good hands. way.

She said: "The government's confidence in the fight against corruption under this administration is" half and half ", which means that the current government has done certain things and that it has not done certain It's my personal opinion, but if you take the Ghanaians, it would take an investigation to tell me, but the mode is not good for all of us.We need to do more in the fight against corruption. "

She referred to the GII statement on the need for President Akufo-Addo to revoke the appointment of the new chairman of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) board of directors, Kwame Owusu.

According to GII, in a statement, his appointment is to be revoked as a result of the public outcry sparked by ongoing investigations into allegations of abuse of power and conflict of interest involving Mr. Owusu.

The statement also stated that if the President was unwilling to revoke his appointment, he would then have to publish the conclusions on the alleged conflict of interest that Mr. Owusu allegedly suffered when he was at the time. Maritime Authority of Ghana.

GII noted in the statement "that it is not appropriate to name a person whose integrity has been questioned before the Board of Directors of such a sensitive entity that GRA. "

However, the GII is asking him to publish the report of investigations contradicting the allegation of conflict of interest and embezzlement made against his attorney, he added .

According to the statement, "the refusal of the President to revoke the appointment of Mr. Kwame Owusu or publish the report that will endorse it will only negate all the efforts of the GRA to promote voluntary compliance with the country's tax laws ratio time spent on taxes / GDP of 12.6% (budget data of the Ministry of Finance for 2018 from January to December). "

Addah said that Ghanaians' confidence in the current president in the fight against corruption was high and that she had also mentioned a two-year Afrobarometer.

"We raise these concerns because the government has confidence in the fight against corruption.A global survey conducted about two years ago showed that Ghanaians were confident in this administration." About 60 percent of those polled said that was fulfilling its campaign promise in the fight against corruption and there was some confidence in the proper functioning of the current administration, but if we do not take care of corruption and we do not fight against corruption and that we do not turn the fight into a clearing agent, it could hurt us, "she explained.