The Akufo-Addo government may pay dearly in the coming years if nothing is done to correct the perception being created in the minds of Ghanaians following the numerous corruption allegations that have been leveled against the New Patriotic Party administration.
The first year of the New Patriotic Party’s administration has been rocked by a number of corruption allegations including the BOST contaminated fuel scandal, allegations of corruption by A-Plus against the two deputy chiefs of staff, allegations of conflict of interest against the Finance Minister over the issuance of a Bond, and recently the allocation of GHc800, 000 for the creation of a website for the Special Development Ministry.
According to Franklin Cudjoe, President of IMANI, such perceptions may sink the Akufo-Addo government if pragmatic measures are not put in place immediately to correct the impression of corruption against a president who promised to protect the public purse.
Speaking on Citi FM’s news analysis programme, The Big Issue on Saturday, Franklin Cudjoe noted that, Ghana’s political landscape thrives on “a lot of hot air and a lot of allegations,” adding that due to this, despite the good things done or being done by a government “what tends to happen is that, allegations of corruption actually swells at some point, and swallows the government irrespective of how well they are doing.”
“And I think if care is not taken, in spite of the yet to be proven allegations of corruption within this [NPP] administration, it is the perception of people that may eventually sink the administration if they don’t take care. That has been the trajectory in this country. In instances where they’ve even been proven…you end up having government appointees defending what I call the indefensible. So for me, the perception is what we really need to be dealing with. Unfortunately, with corruption, perception seems to be the reality,” he added.
Mr. Cudjoe made the remark when panelists on The Big Issue were reviewing President Akufo-Addo’s first year in office.
He noted that although the macroeconomic indicators look good, “If they [NPP government] don’t take care, these allegations of corruption which incidentally are mostly emanating from their own camp are the ones that will sink them.”
GHc800,000 website row
There is currently intense pressure from the Minority in Parliament for the Minister of Special Development Initiatives, Mavis Hawa Koomson, to resign following revelations that her ministry intends to blow GHc800,000 on the creation of a website.
Her Ministry had requested for about GHc1 billion to undertake a number of projects including warehouses, boreholes, procurement of ambulances and vehicles, among other things.
But the GHc800, 000 budget request for the creation of a website has caused public uproar, with the Minority accusing the government of negligence.
False corruption claims will not distract us
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in responding to these accusations of corruption which he described as attempts to tarnish his government, said they will not be distracted by the claims.
He feels there have “been systematic efforts to try and tag [his] government with corruption.”
Speaking at at Kyebi during his tour of the Eastern Region, the President stressed that attempts to falsely accuse his hardworking officials of corruption will not deter him from carrying out his mandate.
Nana Addo’s appointees showing signs of corruption – Rev. Martey
This comes on the back of an observation made by former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Reverend Professor Emmanuel Martey, who said some officials of the NPP administration, are already showing signs of corruption.
The man, who blatantly criticized officials of the erstwhile Mahama administration for being corrupt and having mismanaged the country, appears to be turning the heat on the Akufo-Addo administration.
Source: Citi fm
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NDC IS NOT SEEKING TO TAG NPP CORRUPT. IT IS REAL. WE ARE WATCHING. HMMM
I think IMANI as a think tank has been doing well and so far has set good Standards and mark for itself. As much as I commend IMANI for the good job it is doing much do I expect that IMANI of all institutions, avoids making loose Statements, without informed recourse to the politically polarized enveronment of the two Major political parties. Where baseless allegation of corruption and perceptions are the order of the day. I would rather, call on all Civil Societies, Institutions of good Standing not in anyway encourage or seem to encourage let alone reduce it to those loose polemics and cheap Propagandistic politicking of the NDC/NPP. Indeed, and in this regard the examples of the NDC are the most dagerous and appalling of all. In fact this Piece of IMANI seem to buy into that in terms of effect of perception to the extend of relying on it to advice the Government to correct it.If IMANI has realized that they are perceptions and allegations, then IMANI being informed and conversant with political temperature of Ghana could at least speake to some facts and issues before jumping into sole position of asking the Government to correct or work against perception. Then, perception in nature is expression of thinking, opinions and feelings of the People and will always be there if positive or negative.Therefore, informed judgements, Facts,criticism, analysis for or against it, is key and equal responsibility of all. Otherwise we would allow the politicians delibrately missuse it especially in a Society where civic education both informed and uniformed are not the best.
THIS ANALYSIS BY FRANKLIN IS INTELLECTUALLY CORRECT. HE DID NIT SAY NPP IS CORRUPT. HE IS SAYING THERE ARE CURRENTLY ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION ON THE ADMINISTRATION. HE THEREFORE CALLS ON THE PARTY TO DO MUCH TO COUNTER THEM IF THEY ARE ALLEGATION BECAUSE A NUMBER OF GHANAIANS WILL BELIEVE SUCH ALLEGETIONS GIVEN THEM MAJORITY ARE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. THIS ANALYSIS CAN APPLY TO ANY PARTY. READ STORIES WELL PLEASE
I do not care about what u think,if u insult me or not, whether NDC or NPP, all that I am sayings is I have problem at ECG in getting my metre and u want solution (is my metre).
Ghana must work again family wo nkwase*semester no ko do. Do you think your ndc matter again in Ghana? Are you the only person being charged or every other person why are they not talking but you writing under a name nobody knows, whether you pay a meter for ghc 2000 or ghc 10,000 Ghana Will Work Again and ndc will never come back . Akronfuo with no shame!
THE AROUND THE CLOCK NDC CORRUPTION PERCEPTION WAR DRUMS CANNOT SINK GOD ORDAINED NANA ADDO NPP ADMINSTRATION. THE FABRICATIONS AND DISTORTED SMEAR CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN OF THE NECK-DEEP CORRUPT JOHN MAHAMA AGAINST THE NPP ADMINSTRATION HAS BEEN IN FULL GEAR FROM DAY ONE THAT THEY(NDC) WERE RUDELY REMOVED FROM POWER BY DISCERNING GHANAIANS. GHANAIANS ARE NOT THAT ***barred word*** TO BELIEVE THESE NDC NATION WRECKERS NAKED PROPAGANDA. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE UNREPENTANT NDC GOONS PRESENT THE CLUELESS,INCOMPETENT AND COMMANDER IN ***barred word*** JOHN MAHAMA AS THEIR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN 2020. MARK MY WORDS THAT JOHN MAHAMA WILL BE TOTALLY DISGRACED/HUMILIATED BY ANY NPP RESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN 2020 WHEN THEIR LAST HOPE TO ASSIST WITH ELECTORAL MANIPULATION (CHARLOTTE OSEI) IS KICKED OUT OF OFFICE. FRANKLIN CUDJOE, WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING YOUR FLIP-FLOPPING DISSERVICE WITH THE TRUTH THAT YOUR ANALYIS HERE IS SIMPLY FLAWED!!!
Is thus what we call "Ghana will work again " under Nana Addo? 6 months now I have applied for ECG separate metres, but there are no metres for us, especially at Bortiano statiin. Go and see the quee for metres, as if we are back in the dark ages. A meter costing less than Ghs100 is now being sold at Ghs 1000. I was made to ghs500 but stillllll no metre. This kind of shortages and corruption was not happening under 'corrupt and incompetent' JM. Nana Addo should wake up and stop the plenty big English. Ghana is not working anymore.
do u think we believe what the NDC says? NO WAY
Ndc only seek to tag npp as corrupt,but npp needs to sit up,they have caused a lot of avoidable blunders
True....nana addo is too complacent for my liking.he needs to sit up.me I no go talk anything,make npp fffooool around