Prez Akufo-Addo’s silence on corruption concern – Gizella Tetteh | Politics

Awutu Senya West MP Gizella Tetteh Agbotui criticized President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for not speaking out about corruption in the country during his first State of the Nation address during his second term as he delivered on Tuesday, March 9.

Ms Gizella, who is the sister of former Foreign Minister Hannah Tetteh, said corruption is a serious problem in the country, so it would have been prudent for the president to mention a word or two, especially on the way he deals with the threat. .

Talk to TV3 after the president’s speech, she said: “He didn’t talk about corruption and he remembers himself unless he forgot that corruption was a big problem. Mr. Akufo-Addo notably declared in his speech that “ours is not a government that shies away from public control. Far from there. This is not the way NPP.

That is why in 2001, under the exceptional leadership of the 2nd President of the 4th Republic, His Excellency John Agyekum Kufuor, and with me as the Attorney General, the Criminal Defamation Act was repealed in order to protect and extend media freedoms in the country. and, in 2003, the Public Procurement Act was introduced to protect public funds.

“This is why it was my government that took bold steps in 2018 to bring about the creation of an independent prosecutor, with the establishment of the Office of the Special Prosecutor. This is why it was my government that in 2019 enacted the Right to Information Act, which had been bypassed by previous administrations, despite decades of agitation from journalists and media groups. Civil society.

“That’s why, within two years of taking office, we more than doubled funding for institutions of state responsibility, such as the CHRAJ, the COEO, the judiciary and the Auditor General. The government and the people expect those responsible for our governance institutions to perform their work with professionalism and good faith.

“Indeed, our nation’s institutions, be it the executive, the legislature or the judiciary, are functioning.

“The Supreme Court, for example, last week determined the challenge to the validity of the 2020 presidential election and upheld its validity in a unanimous decision. The court has spoken. It is time for all of us to move forward and, in a united way, face the challenges of post-COVID Ghana.

“Allow me, in conclusion, Mr. President, to reiterate the following statement I made in my very first State of the Nation Message on Ghana which I hoped to help build, a statement which is heart of everything the government has sought to do. since I took office in 2017. ”