Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, is calling on authorities to ensure that every individual found culpable in any corrupt act is sanctioned.
Mr Braimah is wondering if the erstwhile Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) “knew about, covered up and presided over all these monumental scandals and still wanted to govern our dear country”.
“Well, all the greedy state looters must be severely punished. They must receive long-term prison sentences. But not only that, all their fraudulently-acquired properties must be confiscated,” he said.
He continued: “It is the NPP government that has to make sure the looters are punished and their properties acquired with the looted funds seized.
“But from the way NPP folks are making allegations of corruption against each other in these early days of the government, will the NPP not end up the same way as the NDC on corruption?”
His comments come in the wake of various contracts that have come under scrutiny with some under investigation by the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO).
EOCO is investigating a software system acquired for $72 million by The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT).
There are concerns that the monies paid for the system have been overpriced, with ICT experts arguing that the cost for the application is outrageous.
There are reports of another $74 million (GHS318 million) contract to the Jospong Group to supply one million waste bins and 900,000 bin liners believed to have been inflated by at least $31.1 million (GHS130 million).
Source: Classfmonline
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Put party colours aside and fight fraud The thing about state looters is so sad. Besides living lavishly and getting use to beg for our daily bread, They use the state fraud loot reward to educate their kids to doctorate level in good schools (Note: when u have the finance you are half way there) not to mention tapping in on government scholarship for the needy, ensuring normal brilliant Ghanaian kids do not get a fair opportunity. Government fraud goes much deeper than what you think and the cancer needs to be uprooted today. Look at all the ministers today in both Parties, 90% of their parents used the government money & system to train them and today they are still ruling over us. If you don’t put party colours aside to fight corruption cohesively, your grand kids will still be serving the grandkids, and you will be fighting party colours.