John Mahama admits his corruption record is better

Former President John Mahama has admitted his corruption record is better than that of Akufo-Addo.

The former president was addressing delegates at the on-going national delegates congress of the National Democratic Congress at the Trade Fair Center, Accra.

Mahama took a swipe at the Akufo-Addo administration and said the President has failed to prosecute his own officials who were involved in corrupt acts.

“In the fight against corruption, the NDC has a better record in terms of regime accountability,” he stated, adding “the NPP has proven in government that it always reluctant to pursue their own despite the swelling stench of corruption around the administration.

“Most appallingly, the president has become the clearing house of clearing his appointees accused of corruption. He has several occasions cleared his ministers and appointees when an allegation of corruption has been made against them,” he said.

The President speaking last week at the Africa Investment Forum in South Africa said allegations of corruption against any of his appointees were duly invested by independent bodies and all of them cleared.

“So far, investigations have not yielded any evidence but it is important that it is known that people of my administration will be subject to scrutiny if they go off schedule,” he said at the forum.

Mahama thinks the Akufo-Addo's claim of no evidence against his administration in terms of corruption is untrue.

“[The] President peddled a falsehood on a panel on the recent African investment forum that all allegations of corruption made against people in his administration have been investigated and cleared by independent investigative bodies. That was an obvious untruth!”


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