Nana Akuffo-Addo Promises To Establish Independent Office Of Special Prosecutor To Investigate Government Corruption If Elected

The NPP flagbearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo, has pledged to deal more stridently with public sector corruption when elected into office.
Nana Addo said he would set up an office of a special prosecutor who would be independent of the Executive, to investigate and prosecute officials found guilty of corruption.
The opposition leader was speaking at the 16th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, at Abetifi in the Eastern Region.
Nana promised that the office would be set up within the first six months of his administration via an act of Parliament.
“Public service is for me exactly that – public service.” Nana Addo said. “Anyone who joins my team to make money out of public office will not be welcome. Money is made in the private sector, not in public office. I will be strict in my supervision of this principle,”
Nana also promised that deals like the Smarrtys bus branding deal would be a thing of the past, as all government contracts would go through public, competitive bidding processes.
“Inflated contracts, which are currently the bane of our public finances, will be things of the past. Competitive bidding is the best protection of value for money in our public transactions, and will be the consistent mechanism for undertaking such transactions. The era of sole sourcing will come to an end,” he added.
Corruption, or the perception of it, has been one of the biggest banes of the NDC administration. Nana Addo is promising transparent measures which might help solve the problem.