Former Deputy Communications Minister Felix Kwakye-Ofosu says the NPP government should not blame the NDC for the latest Corruption Perception Index which the current Government performed abysmally.
Felix Kwakye-Ofosu who served under the former Mahama led administration said their attempt to blame the NDC government for their failure to fight corrupt activities seeks to belittle the intelligence of Ghanaians.
According to him, the evidence is there for which his government scored 43points in 2016 and now in 2017, the NPP government has scored 40 the worse in the history of Ghana.
Felix Kwakye-Ofosu added that the various cover-ups in corruption allegations under the Akufo-Addo led administration indicated to Ghanaians they are not ready to fight corruption.
He cited the BOST Fuel sage, cash for seat, and corruption allegations against the two deputy chief of staffs.
NPP blames NDC for abysmal performance in corruption fight
Government spokesperson for governance and legal affairs Hebert Krapa in a radio interview has accused the NDC for the country's poor performance in the fight against corruption in the latest Corruption Perception Index, CPI.
According to him, the various allegations of corruption leveled against the NPP government by the NDC have created a negative perception in the minds of Ghanaians compelling them to give such responses.
He believed that if the cases are put into context and speak to specifically it will show that government has done a lot to fight corruption.
Ghana records worst performance in Corruption fight since 2012
Transparency International has revealed in the latest CPI that Ghana has recorded its worst performance in the last six years in its fight against corruption.
The report which was released Wednesday, February 21, 2018, showed that Ghana has dropped three points from its 2016 score of 43 to 40 in 2017 and ranked 81 out of the total of 180 countries.
The CPI score indicates the perceived level of public sector corruption on a scale of zero (being highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).
Executive Director of the Ghana Integrity Initiative, Linda Ofori- Kwafo, said Ghana’s poor score in 2017 is a reflection of inadequate investigations, prosecutions and sanctioning of corrupt officials.
“Since the CPI became comparable from the period 2012 to now, this is the worst performance that Ghana has had. This year, 2017CPI, we are saying Ghana’s performance from 2012 is the worst so far,†Mrs. Ofori-Kwafo indicated.
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