Comparing corruption fight among govts needless – Mahama

President John Mahama has described as needless the seeming comparison of the fight against corruption among successive governments.

According to him, such a move is an exercise in futility and has no positive bearing on the fight against the canker in the country.

The President himself, and some of his appointees, including the presidential adviser on corruption Daniel Bartidam have in recent times claimed that the Mahama administration has fought corruption better than its predecessors.

However, addressing some Ghanaians living in the UK during his visit there, Mr. Mahama said the fight against graft cannot be won by merely comparing efforts between governments.

"...We have all that floating in the system so it heightens people’s perception about corruption. And so it is easy to say that there is more corruption in this regime than in that regime, where would comparison between corruptions take us, it won’t take us anywhere,” he stated.

The President also bemoaned the fact that some Ghanaians blame him for almost anything that happens in their lives.

“...Perception can be heightened because it is being discussed long in the media. And When you have a country like Ghana where everybody is free to discuss corruption, if you wake up and you are angry with your husband or wife you take it out on the President, abuse him on the radio, when you have that kind of society, there are all kinds of issues that come up".