President John Dramani Mahama contravened the gift policy with regards to his decision to accept a ford vehicle gift from a Burkinabe contractor, the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has concluded.
According to CHRAJ, it was satisfied that the gift in question formed part of gifts prohibited under the Gift Policy under the Code of Conduct and that although the evidence show that President Mahama subsequently surrendered the gift to the State, the action nonetheless contravened the gift policy.
That notwithstanding, the commission has also concluded that the President’s action did not amount to accepting a bribe.
This is because, upon evidence, the President submitted the Ford Expedition gift from the Burkinabe contractor, Mr Djibril Freres Kanazoe to the state.
CHRAJ, however, also established that the President was not culpable of conflict of interest, bribery or fraud in relation to the manner in which the vehicle was given to him.
A 78-page extensive decision by CHRAJ on the matter, a copy of which was available to Graphic Online covered the genesis of the saga from the time the story was aired by Joy FM in June this year, to the various media publications, the subsequent petitions by individuals and groups, and the in-depth investigations by CHRAJ, which included the review of audio and video footages and various extensive interviews with ministers and public servants.
It also included recommendations with the Commission concluding that “full or further investigations into the allegations are not warranted. The allegations therefore, are hereby dismissed.”
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Source: Daily Graphic
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Please credit those who at CHRAJ with some intelligence.
CLEARED MY DROS,SO U EXPECTED THOSE LAZY PEOPLE TO HAVE COME AND COMFIRMED THAT THE PRESIDENT IS CORRUPT?THEY DARE NOT.THIS PEOPLE ARE LAZY AND AFRAID TO GO HOME HUNGRY.
The 78-pages extensive decision by CHRAJ is simply SH******.T from such a corrupt institution . The facts are still there and for JOHN FORD that Man is bound to be jailed come 2017 because the LAWS will definitely be amended. For that one NDC ***barred word*** must get it into their HEAD.
Mahama clears my foot Apuuuuuuuuuuuuu taaaa who is CHRAJ a ***barred word*** will always be a ***barred word***
BUT THIS IS A FOREGONE CONCLUSION,EVEN THE ACCUSERS THEMSELVES KNOW IT WAS A PROPAGANDA AGAINST THE PRESIDENT, OTHERWISE WHY WOULD A COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR OF THE NPP, SISTER NAANA AKUMEA COMMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM URGING TO RALLY SUPPORT FROM THEIR MISGUIDED FAITHFULS TO OIL THE TORCH TO KEEP THE FLAME BURNING. BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR THEM THE MUDSLINGING DID NOT STICK. AND HERE IS A CLEAR EVIDENCE.
this is expected..how can chraj accuse thier own boss of corruption and bribery..never he are not ***barred word*** in this country
folks we were expecting this. In fact Ghanaians were expecting this seriously a sitting president accept a ford gift and when found out quickly say the car is for the state and is part of fleet of cars for national duties. institutions are set up to bring people to book when ever they go wrong but this will never happen in this part of the world
Are we surprised? Not at all. But I am just led to tease my own brains on what the law of corruption (which involves bribery) in Ghana is. But there is one of two things responsible for this bogus report. Either the reporter failed to give the essentials of the law on the key allegations, or if s/he did that and this report is a faithful representation of the content of the report, then it means CHRAJ is absolutely not apt to the task in terms of knowledge of the law.