A communications team member of the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP), Kwame Appenteng, has advised that the government takes stringent measures in dealing with corruption related cases in the Auditor General’s report.
According to him, one of the surest ways of doing so is to resource some institutions like the office of the Special Prosecutor, Economic of Organized Crime Office(EOCO), FIC, among others.
He told Kwaku Dawuro on Movement In The Morning Show on Wontumi Radio/Movement TV that ” the President has made a promise to protect the public purse and this is one of the ventures we need to demonstrate that we are protecting the public purse- so what are the prosecutorial processes that we are taking against persons whose names have been cited in the report for indulging in fraudulent activities? When someone falls foul of the law, they must be made to face the full rigors of the law. When people are appointed into certain positions, all they think about is how to steal the Government’s money hence the reason why some even reject certain positions because they cannot steal there”.
He added that “if you’re contributing to a fund which you know will be used for the development of the country, then you wouldn’t be worried about paying. But that bestows a serious responsibility on the government that when the money gets to the fund, how are you protecting it and when someone misuses it, what do you do to that person? These are what gives the citizenry the assurance that their monies are well protected”.
“It’s a very dicey situation that we need to commend the Government for setting up certain institutions like the office of the special prosecutor; that office together with the EOCO, FIC should be resourced because these institutions are ensuring that we get rid of corruption. But how are we allowing them to operate?”, he stated.
Mr. Appenteng added that government should give these institutions adequate support to fight the corruption cases in the Auditor General’s report”, he concluded.