A Former Minister of Power, Dr Kwabena Donkor, has said he is not afraid of the Special Prosecutor.
He told Accra-based Class FM that he served Ghana with a clear conscience and heart and therefore he has no cause to worry if the Office of Special Prosecutor is operationalized.
“Right from the word go, I challenged the government when a leaked report on the AMERI deal claimed there was fraud, I challenged the government to go to court if they have reasons to believe there was any fraud.”
“I don’t have a problem with the Office of the Special Prosecutor. All I will caution is that when the PDA was being passed, the then-opposition advised the government of the day that when they jail all on the opposition benches, it will be their turn, and lo and behold, the first 15 people to be jailed under the PDA included CPP members, and, so, I don’t have a problem with the Special Prosecutor bill.”
His response comes after the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said that the Attorney General’s Department will operationalize the Office of the Special Prosecutor.
“In the fight against corruption, the Office of the Special Prosecutor bill was just yesterday passed by this august House. This is a significant move in the overwhelming national desire to combat corruption.”
“In 2018, the Attorney General’s Department will operationalise the office of the Special Prosecutor, review all agreements for MDAs and MMDAs with the aim to securing successful convictions in the vast majority of cases referred to the office by the Police,” Ofori-Atta added.
Since the Akufo-Addo administration took office in January 2017, they have been expressing misgivings about a $510 million energy contract signed by the Mahama administration with AMERI Energy with Dr Donkor as Power Minister.
Dr Donkor insists that he is not worried since he served Ghana well and with a clear conscience.
“I served my country with a clean conscience, I served my country well and I have nothing to be ashamed of.”
Source: pulse.com
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JONATHAN LAGOS, WHAT ECONOMICS DO YOU KNOW? SENSELESS WRITE UP
There is a time for everything under the sun so keep quiet and wait wai!
Are we to wait for this prediction to manifest or those dark days are already here? as coming events cast their shadows. What can a clueless and a lazy government offer its people when they repose very little confidence in them. Unless an individual does not understand simple economics projections, he might take those grammar as some assurance. But in actual fact, it displays government's lack of understanding of the economy it is managing. And only a reckless government will chart such a cause. To indulge in huge borrowing just to off set old debt, is simply an unwise way to say the least. When the previous government's borrowing was intended to ameliorate the deficit in social infrastructure by investing in the people. Which was evident for every individual. But here is a visionless government whose only obsession is to wield power and flaunt it recklessly on the people who voted them there. But the sad aspect is that,,the people themselves are willing to be deceived, by just throwing crumbs from the tables of their tin gods, they worship t.h.i.e.v.es like Buwumiah and ofori atta who could just steal monies from them with even an unrefined impunity. Did I hear ofori atta talked about fighting corruption? Gosh....I wish I did not hear him well... A fraudulent persona of international repute, will only fight who or what prevents him to exhibit his dexterity to the admiration of arrogant by standers. But who is the appointing authority of the special prosecutor? What is the guarantee that he will not yield to the bidding of whoever appoints him or her? Plus,,, there is a government white paper which fingered the president in certain corrupt practices to the detriment of the country. My suggestion|....In the event of an appointment of a special prosecutor by the president. will the bulk start from him. To serve as an example to those who will subsequently be called to face the prosecutor. Because, in my opinion, the president is also corrupt by virtue of his previous holding as a public officer. Dubious judgment debts were awarded to cronies,friends,concubines who have all of a sudden re surfaced and are currently in government.
Afraid man....
nobody has said u r afraid of the SP