Mahama explains choice to set-up ORAL
President-elect John Dramani Mahama says his choice to set-up Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) is to assemble info on corruption, to be handed on to the suitable authorities establishments for additional investigation.
He assured Ghanaians that ORAL was not a witch-hunting Committee, neither does it have the ability to conduct investigations.
He made remarks on Thursday, when Madam Miriam Montrat, the Canadian High Commissioner to Ghana paid a courtesy name on him, at his Office at Cantonment in Accra, to congratulate him on his election within the December 7 polls.
It could be known as that the President-elect on Wednesday, December 18, appointed Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, as Chairperson of a preparatory staff in direction of the execution of his anti-corruption drive.
Other members of the Team are Mr Daniel Domelevo, a former Auditor-General, Commissioner of Police (COP) Nathaniel Kofi Boakye (rtd), Mr Martin Kpebu, a Private Legal Practitioner and Mr Raymond Archer, an Investigative Journalist.
The President-elect advised the High Commissioner that since he introduced the preparatory committee, he thought some individuals have been misunderstanding it. “We’re receiving a lot of information about corruption scandals. Some send me texts, others call, and some pass through intermediaries. We want a focal point where all that evidence is directed,” Mr Mahama stated.
“The committee will assemble the evidence and pass it on to the appropriate government institutions for further investigation.”
He famous that there was no finances or expenditure related to their work; saying “the team is serving pro bono, and they have no authority to investigate individuals themself”.
Touching on the vitality sector President-elect Mahama stated the vitality sector had been mismanaged by the outgoing administration and that that they had saved the lights on on the expense of giant money owed of $2.5 billion.
He stated Ghana’s vitality sector wants pressing surgical procedure, and that if care was not taken, it might collapse the entire sector.
He bemoaned the excessive degree of poor governance on the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), including that its losses have been so large.
President-elect Mahama recommended Canada for its contributions in direction of Ghana’s socioeconomic improvement, particularly within the northern a part of the nation, by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA),
Madam Miriam Montrat, the Canadian Higher Commissioner to Ghana, congratulated President-elect Mahama on his victory within the December 7 polls.
She recommended the President-elect for selecting a lady, Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as his Vice President-elect.
She additional congratulated Prof Opoku-Agyemang achievement as Vice President-elect and recommended her for breaking the glass ceiling.
She stated Prof Opoku-Agyemang’s achievements would save as a motivation for ladies and women.
Madam Montrat stated her nation was excited by key areas of the economic system resembling ladies empowerment, meals safety, agriculture, and safety.
She additionally raised the difficulty of the failure of the outgoing administration to Canadian corporations, which had labored for Ghana.
She reiterated the necessity for making a conducive funding vacation spot and the necessity for direct flights between Canada and Ghana.
The High Commissioner prolonged an invite to the President-elect to talk at an occasion in Canada on Ghana’s achievements in June 2025.
Present on the assembly have been Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament MP for Tongu North and Chairperson for ORAL and Mr Julius Debrah, the Chief of Staff on the Office of the President-elect.
Source: GNA
