Investigate allegations of corruption - Mills

Accra, July 16, GNA - Professor John Evans Atta Mills, Flag-Bearer of National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Wednesday called on President John Agyekum Kufuor to initiate investigations into allegations of corruption and perceptions of illegal acquisition of wealth in his administration. "To give meaning to President Kufuor's slogan of 'zero tolerance for corruption', we expect that the allegations would be investigated and those found to be corrupt or have caused financial loss and betrayed the trust of the people be prosecuted," he said.

Prof Mills was addressing a press conference in Accra in reaction to issues, which he said Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning "cleverly avoided" during his Meet the Press series last Tuesday.


Prof Mills said the purpose of the press conference was to refocus on the core issues of hardship facing Ghanaians as a result of the Government's insensitive economic policies, and corruption among government functionaries.


He also urged the government to furnish Ghanaians with the cost of all the investigations and forensic audits that have been conducted so far, as well as disclose the names of the auditors, their appointment and how much was paid to each auditor in relation to each forensic audit conducted and its outcomes and benefit to Ghanaians.

"This is important, because the payment figures being bandied about are staggering and it is critical that those who are insisting on accountability are themselves shown to be accountable," Professor Mills said.


A sudden downpour prevented Journalists from asking questions at the Press Conference.