Akufo-Addo insincere in corruption fight - Anyidoho

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s resolve to deal with corruption in the country has been laughed off by officials of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) who believe he has a herculean task at hand if he seeks to achieve his promise.

While doubting the reality behind strong words of the president who gave an indication that no one not even the First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo can persuade him to free past corrupt appointees who allegedly embezzled state funds, Deputy General Secretary of the NDC, Koku Anyidoho said his comments are a mere charade.

“President Akufo-Addo just wants to be seen as fighting corruption. He was even laughing throughout his speech. How sincere is the president? Was he just joking? The president has been engaging in Moral Corruption by over appointing people 110 appointees is corruption”, he claimed.

He observed that the President himself should have paved the way by showing that he is not corrupt before he could go after persons alleged to be corrupt but with the over 110 ministerial appointees currently serving in his government, he has no moral high ground to tag someone as corrupt.

To him, president Nana Ado Dankwa Akufo-Addo cannot absolve himself of corrupt practices because he has engaged in what he described as ‘moral corruption’ in view of his elephant-sized government.

When asked if he was corrupt himself, he said “ I’m saying if majority of politicians do not come out and boldly fight against corruption, Ghanaians might think we are all corrupt”

President Akufo-Addo on Wednesday during a meeting of Ghanaians living in Sierra Leone, reiterated his resolve to deal with corruption in the country.

“When people get caught up in the net, I am imploring people not to come to me and say that ‘Oh! Nana, this man is my relative, so spare him’.

That is the problem in Ghana. You find people going to speak to your wife with the hope of trying to influence you. I am not going to listen to that, because my concern is Ghana and not one or two individuals.”