Gov't Will Investigate Airbus Bribery Scandal To Its Logical Conclusion – Deputy Information Minister
Deputy Minister for Information, Pious Enam Hadzide, has explained that the government will investigate thoroughly the issue of corruption that involved some former government officials between the year 2009 and 2015
According to him, the government has taken notice of the ruling that went on in the U.K and that though they have referred the matter to the Special Prosecutor, they will see to it that the matter is thoroughly investigated and perpetrators brought before the law.
"This is a matter that has brought the name of Ghana into disrepute," he said.
"Akufo-Addo remains committed to fighting corruption at all levels and this is no exception," he added.
A London High Court found Airbus guilty and imposed a fine of more than three billion pounds (£3bn) as penalties.
Airbus was charged with five counts of failing to prevent bribery, having used a network of secret agents to pay large-scale backhanders to officials in foreign countries to land high-value contracts.
Prez Charges Martin Amidu
Following news of the Crown Court at Southwark in the United Kingdom's judgment on 31st January, 2020, between the Director of the Serious Fraud Office and Airbus SE, in which the European multinational aerospace corporation was fined $3.9 billion for the payment of bribes to secure deals in five countries, including Ghana, the Office of the President charged the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, to with immediate effect delve into the bottom of the Airbus bribery scandal and investigate the complicity of any public official, "past or present" who may have been involved in the saga.
" . . President Akufo-Addo has taken notice of the judgment and its implications, and has referred it to the Office of Special Prosecutor to collaborate with its UK counterparts to conduct a prompt inquiry to determine the complicity or otherwise of any Ghanaian government official, past or present, involved in the said scandal, and to take the necessary legal action against any such official, as required by Ghanaian law," a statement signed by Communications Director at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin read.
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