We will not be compelled to play politics with SADA investigations – CHRAJ

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) have said it will not be compelled to play politics with its investigations into operations at the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA).

The Commission last month initiated preliminary investigations into operations of SADA following public outcry over an amount of 15 million Ghana cedis spent on a guinea fowl project.

But CHRAJ was on Wednesday criticised by Member of Parliament (MP) for Efutu, Afenyo Markin, for what he says is the slow pace of investigations into the SADA issues.

In a rebuttal, Deputy Commissioner, Joseph Whittal, said the commission is simply being thorough and will not be dragged into politics.

He told Joy News CHRAJ is “very well focused on the investigations, and we assure the Ghana public that we are doing preliminary investigations on the basis of our regulations”.

He also said the commission is expanding its investigation beyond just the allegations about the guinea fowl and afforestation projects.

“We are looking at all allegations that are coming up or cropping up and once they are within our mandate, we have to factor them into our investigations”, he stressed.