Mahama is too corrupt to fight corruption-NPP

The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) believes the level of corruption in the country will be pervasive if the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) led by President Mahama is retained in power after the December 7 polls.

According to the party, President John Dramani Mahama’s first term had been characterized by massive corruption and that his second term will be worse.

At a press conference addressed by the Policy Advisor of the party Mr. Boakye Agyarko, under the theme “PROMISES MADE, PROMISES BROKEN, and PROMISES REPEATED in response to promises made in the NDC’S 2016 MANIFESTO that was launched in Sunyani last Saturday, he accused President Mahama of lacking the political will to fight corruption.

“President John Mahama can never fight corruption even if he is forced to,” he declared.

Mr. Agyarko contended that the Presidency under the watch of President Mahama has now become a vehicle for amassing wealth for family and friends rather than for looking after the welfare of the masses.

He said it will be difficult for President Mahama to tackle corruption because his hands are tainted with it.

“How can Ghanaians expect a then Vice President, John Mahama, who was investigated by his boss, President John Atta Mills, over allegations of corruption, be expected to have the moral authority and desire to fight corruption when he is now the boss? How can we expect a president who admits to accepting a $100,000 gift from a foreign contractor, who was awarded a government contract through the efforts of the President, to have the courage and desire to stop his Ministers and other officials from dipping their hands into the state coffers? How can we expect a president who has spent four years to protect his friends who were found to have allegedly stolen public funds through instruments such as GYEEDA and SADA to allow any case of corruption to be prosecuted?” Boakye Agyarko quizzed.

The former vice president of the Bank of New York said President John Dramani Mahama sees no wrong, hears no wrong and speaks no wrong against anything, when it comes to corruption.

“If this has been his attitude in his first full term as President, what then would his actions be if re-elected for his last and final term? What then would restrain President John Mahama and his family and corrupt cronies in his last term from pillaging the national coffers?” he asked.

He cautioned Ghanaians against retaining President Mahama in the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections.

“Let us not make any mistake about it. John Mahama for another four years, unchecked by the threat of losing another presidential election, is an exceptionally frightening prospect.”

Story By: Michael Creg Afful

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