Senior Minister, Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has reiterated government's resolve to punish persons who have used funds belonging to the state for their personal comfort, saying they will surely atone for their deeds.
According to him, government is not in a rush to prosecute corrupt officials, especially those of the previous government, but is rather interested in ensuring that the right processes are used to identify persons who have duped the state in one way or the other.
“We are certainly going to make people who have wronged this country through corruption suffer for their deeds, but we don’t want to do this in a hurry. We must do thorough investigations; we would not do things in such a way to show that we are after our political opponents”.
“It is taking us time to do this because we want to do it in a way that people who have wronged the system are identified through thorough and the emphasis is thorough investigation, so that they answer for their crimes,” he noted.
He was speaking at the launch of the 2017 National Anti-Corruption and Transparency Week in Accra today [Monday]. The programme is under the theme: “NACAP: Strengthening Public, Private and Civil Society Partnership in the fight against corruption”.
The Senior Minister urged Ghanaians not to panic but exercise restraint whiles government investigates in an orderly manner, acts of corruption perpetrated by ex-government officials.
“We have the laws of this land, and we must use the laws of the land not to punish anybody because he/she is an opponent but to punish people because they have wronged the system and have been corrupt to the system. So investigations are still going on-going, and I think very soon the results will be out for every Ghanaian to hear and see,” he added.
Laws Won't Be Used To Witchhunt Opponents...But To Punish Corrupt Officials!
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Who prevented the past government of investigating corrupt officials. The past government lack intelligent people who could investigate. They only had talkatives who only insult but refused to think. There is no way a less intelligent person can investigate a highly intelligent person. Knowledge is Power!!
this is a wise statement, its not about witchhunting of opponents but dealing with corrupt officials. this is what our dear Nation has being waiting for.those of you who have cobwebs in your cupboards and that of your relatives be still. Long live Ghana. God bless us.
Don't write T.R.A.S.H. The fact that someone is given the opportunity to serve the nation, does not give him / her the right to steal the monies that will be used in developing the nation. And for your information is not anybody that will be prosecuted, only those found culpable of any act of corruption. THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU WRITE. T.W.E.R.P LIKE YOU
Has this crooked soul forgotten about his dubious Salon & CCNTI loans? Will this twerp tell the nation how much of Ghana's money he wasted on those kakamotobi loans? Omarfo Sarfo, your ***barred word*** ***barred word*** ***barred word*** belongs to jail. You should have been thrown into jail thanks to the peaceful Atta Mills, you suffered nothing for your crimes against the nation. Corrupt Omarfo Sarfo, you wronged this nation and you must be made to suffer for those deeds of yours.
Interesting. So is not worth it to serve your country. Each time a government is out of power, 'witches' surround his/her house to to investigate his past.