By Joyceline Natally Cudjoe
Government has asked anti-corruption
crusaders and senior citizens to be specific with their allegations instead of
making general statements.
This, according to Information
Minister Mustapha Abdul-Hamid would enable government deal with the allegations
effectively.
Interacting with the media yesterday,
he described recent allegations by former Moderator of the Presbyterian church
of Ghana, Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Martey as “nebulous.”
The outspoken former Moderator is
reported to have said at a lecture last week that government officials had
started showing signs of corruption and further urged President Akufo-Addo to
immediately stop them.
But reacting to the issue which has
dominated the media, Mr. Abdul-Hamid said in as much as government welcomed
criticisms, it expects them to be based on actualities and not perception.
“ As a senior citizen , we would
want to urge him to go beyond talking generalities to giving us concrete
examples that we can put our hand on and make an example for people to be
deterred.” he said.
He said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
was determined to fight corruption and that any pointers to potential and
actual corruptions will be dealt with head on.
He said government takes seriously
views on corruption issues because the fight against corrupt is of high
priority to government and that the President did not expect matters of
corruption to be handled like any other political issues.
On the appointment of 110 ministers
cited by Rev. Prof Martey as recipe for corruption, he said the numbers did not
matter but the attitude of the government on corruption.
He said government’s efforts to
clean payroll off ghost names, action to reduce sole sourcing and ensure sanity
in procurement regime, among others shows government’s resolve to protect the
public purse.
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