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www.dailyguideghana.com
By William Yaw
Owusu
Wednesday, December
14, 2016
President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has promised he would
not let Ghanaians down in the fight against corruption, stressing that he will
lead by example.
He made it clear that the fight against the canker would be done in
a professional manner so that nobody would claim they are being with-hunted.
Nana Akufo-Addo reiterated the pledge when he granted an interview
to BBC’s Akwasi Sarpong yesterday.
He said as part of New Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s commitment
to the fight against corruption, it would ensure the establishment of the
Office of a Special Prosecutor as promised during the electioneering campaign.
According to Nana Addo, the yet-to-be-established body would be
independent of the government so that it would have unfettered powers to deal
with corruption-related issues dispassionately.
He said the Special Prosecutor would be somebody who is respected
across the political spectrum adding, “Hopefully, that person is going to be
somebody who commands respect of the society and at the same time has an
independent mind to make decisions.”
The president-elect underscored, "We want to separate politics
from criminal investigations. We have decided that as much as possible we want
to take the politics out of it.
“What we have to be careful of in our situation is, one, to
witch-hunt, but at the same time, we ought not to give the impression that
those of us in political life somewhat have some sort of immunity from
investigation merely because we are politicians. I don’t think that will be
right. We are citizens of Ghana first and foremost."
Nana Akufo-Addo said the NPP’s manifesto has elaborate plans for the
development of the country insisting, “I’m speaking about institutional
reforms, personal examples that myself and leaders of our party and government
have to give. It’s a mix of ideas that we believe will go a long way to
reducing the incidents of corruption in our national life.”
He commended Ghanaians highly for reposing trust in him and giving
him the chance to lead; and promised to help reverse the dwindling fortunes of
the country.
“First of all, I am grateful to Ghanaians for giving me the
opportunity and also for the fact that the issues that I thought were the
issues facing our people have been endorsed by them; that I was right in my
analysis of where we are and what we needed to do and what the problems were,”
he articulated.
On his priorities, Nana Akufo-Addo said, “It has to be to get our
economy moving again. The Ghanaian economy has been in a nose-dive for the last
five years - low growth, widespread unemployment, huge debts. That’s the
reality of our situation in Ghana, and especially the unemployment among the
youth has reached alarming proportions and if we don’t find a method of dealing
with it, our country will … be running towards all kinds of problems along the
line.”
He also said “the commitment to the Ghana Project, the loyalty to
Ghana, you are coming to work for the people of Ghana and not for yourself,”
would feature prominently in his government.
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