Government to intensify fight against corruption this year
The government has set 2016 as a year of intensifying its fight against corruption, the Vice President, Mr Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, has said.
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He said the government had, therefore, served notice to its appointees that it would deal with any of them whose conduct undermined its resolve to achieve that objective.
The Vice-President, Mr Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, told the Daily Graphic in Accra last Saturday that President Mahama had already declared his intention to rid the government of any form of perceived corruption, and that ministers would also be made to account for their stewardship in line with its commitment to provide accountable governance.
Already, the immediate past Transport Minister, Mrs Dzifa Aku Ativor, has resigned over the brouhaha surrounding the GH,and tendered in her resignation over the brouhaha surrounding the GH¢3.6 million expended on the branding of 116 metro mass transit buses.
The Minister of Power, Dr Kwabena Donkor, has also resigned over his inability to completely resolve the energy challenges facing the country.
The Vice-President said that the government had initiated a number of steps to deal with any government officials who would be caught in acts of corruption.
He highlighted the need for Ghanaians to partner the government to expose wrong doing within the society and in so doing help instil sanity into the governance system.
Time for hope
The Vice-President implored the citizenry to look to the future with hope as he declared 2016 as a year that would witness a resolution of the difficulties the nation encountered last year.
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He stated that in spite of the difficulties encountered in the power sector, coupled with the cholera outbreak that hit some parts of the Greater Accra Region, the citizenry stood united against the odds to see those challenges being resolved.
Touching on the general election this year, Mr Amissah-Arthur expressed optimism that Ghanaians would once again demonstrate to the world how democratically matured they had become by conducting the elections devoid of rancour.
He indicated that the polls would pass off without any incident but stressed the need for the electorate not to be complacent but rather uphold the peace and tranquillity being enjoyed by the nation.
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