Mahama worries for silence of citizen corruption

General News on Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Source: ghanaiantimes.com.gh

2019-04-02

Former President John Mahama has expressed concern over the silence of citizens in the midst of unprecedented high level corruption practiced under the government.

"Our country is plunged into mbadive and unprecedented corruption under the direct supervision of our President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, cronyism and nepotism have become the policy of the government and manifest in the family and friendly government we all witness. ", he lamented.

This appeared in a speech read on his behalf by Joyce Mogtari Bawa at the National Executive Conference in Koforidua.

The event, organized on the theme: "Tracing the spirit of probity and responsibility – the role of the cadres", gathered the party cadres to, inter alia, take stock of their activities and the way they could contribute to the party's efforts. instill the spirit of probity and responsibility in the country.

It was organized by the NDC with the support of Fredrich Ebert Stiftung, a non-profit institution.

"This conference is being held at a time when many acts of corruption that are the subject of complaints have been largely resolved and mostly not investigated. Unfortunately, society has remained silent, there is very little talk of all the ills we are currently facing. , the current government has become a center of exchange for corruption because of the misdemeanor charges it's settled, "lamented the former president.

Former President Mahama called on party officials to contribute to the adoption and implementation of strategic interventions that would inculcate probity and accountability, stressing that "as executives of the uprising June 4, 1979 and the December 31, 1981 Revolution, you represent the spirit of probity. and responsibility in all aspects of national life.

He urged party officials to make an impartial badessment of the various challenges the country faces in order to identify additional inventions to be adopted and implemented by the NDC to strengthen the culture of selfless service.

Former President Mahama noted that his government had performed better in the fight against corruption than the Akufo-Addo-led government and ensured that the next National Democratic Congress (NDC) government in 2021 would offer citizens a better deal. governance that what Akufo-Addo directed administration had delivered.