The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the Akufo-Addo government of being “the biggest enabler and promoter” of corruption in the country setting the pace for his appointees to outdo one another in corruption.
A statement signed by the party’s National Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi, indicated that results prove that the President had failed to implement measures to eradicate corruption as he promised during his 2016 campaign.
“As a man who touted his vainglorious anti-corruption credentials with a promise to ruthlessly deal with corruption when elected, Akufo-Addo has performed way below the expectations of Ghanaians.
Below is the full statement:
LATEST CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX (CPI) – A TESTAMENT TO PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO’S FAILED FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has taken notice of the latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI) authored by Transparency International, and released today through its local chapter, Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII).
These latest results of the CPI highlight President Akufo-Addo’s failed fight against corruption in Ghana, as the country could not improve upon its paltry score of 41 points recorded in 2018. According to the latest survey, Ghana ranked dropped from an already low ranking of 78 to 80 out of 180 countries, thereby achieving the unenviable feat of being behind countries such as Namibia, Senegal and Rwanda in the fight against corruption.
Our drop of two (2) places on the latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI), is yet another dent on Ghana’s reputation and a testament to the endemic corruption that has engulfed the Akufo-Addo government.
This latest CPI confirms the recent Afrobarometer survey findings by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD), that 53% of Ghanaians think that corruption has worsened under the Akufo-Addo-led government.
As a man who touted his vainglorious anti-corruption credentials with a promise to ruthlessly deal with corruption when elected, Akufo-Addo has performed way below the expectations of Ghanaians.
In spite of his sweet-sounding rhetoric on fighting corruption, President Akufo-Addo has still not been able to even achieve the worst ever score of his Predecessor, H.E John Dramani Mahama in the CPI of Transparency International. We wish to put on record that Ghana’s latest score of 41 points represents.
President Akufo-Addo’s best performance since coming into office, and is far worse than President Mahama’s worst score of 43 points which was recorded in the year 2016 before the NDC exited office. The above analysis points to the fact that President Akufo-Addo’s talk of incorruptibility while in opposition was nothing but a well-packaged lie designed to mislead the Ghanaian people.
Much as this latest CPI has placed Ghana on the global map for the wrong reasons, it does not come as a surprise to us in the NDC, and we daresay, the vast majority of Ghanaians. This position is premised on the fact that President Akufo-Addo has proven to be the biggest enabler and promoter of corruption since his assumption of office. Contrary to his campaign promise to protect the public purse, he has supervised the most obscene display of profligacy, corruption and wanton abuse of the public purse in the history of Ghana.
