An Aide to Nana Akufo-Addo, Mustapha Hamid, has expressed doubts about President John Mahama's commitment to fight corruption.

Mustapha Hamid says the "litany of commands" recited by the president in his meeting with anti-corruption groups yesterday were only PR gimmicks designed to create the impression that something concrete was being done the increasing incidence of corruption in the country.

President John Mahama renewed his commitment to fight corruption during one of his scheduled regular meetings with anti-corruption campaigners at the Flagstaff House Friday.

He directed the Attorney General to prosecute all those indicted under the GYEEDA and Subah corruption allegations and to suspend all payments under the policy.

He also instructed the AG to retrieve the monies wrongly paid to Waterville and Isofotone and vowed to execute with alacrity the report of the Judgement Debt Commission as and when it is presented to him.

He gave a three months grace period for his directives to be complied with but critics are not impressed.

On Joy FM and MultiTV's newsfile programme, Saturday, Mustapha Hamid said the president is now "securing the stables when the horses  have bolted."

He said "the stock in trade of the president is to issue empty commands that never get obeyed."

Referring to the programme of action initiated by the president when he was sworn into office after the death of president John Mills, Mustapha Hamid said President John Mahama only rehashed his commands after 13 months.

He said John Mahama as a "PR expert" only "hoodwinked" the public with his new set of empty commands.

Kweku Baako Jnr who was also part of the panel agreed largely with the views shared by Hamid.

He said government's effort in fighting corruption is not sufficient.

"You don't fight corruption with fine words," he said, adding the quality of prosecution by government in its attempt to retrieve monies paid to Alfred Woyome is suspect.

He said "it looks more like a deliberate attempt to lose a case."

However, a presidential Staffer, James Agyenim Boateng described as "cynicism" the doubts over government's efforts at fighting corruption.

He said the president gave "clear and unambiguous " instructions with specific timelines for their implementation.

According to him, the anti-corruption campaigners were so impressed with the president's plan of action to fight the menace that they found it needless to ask the president more than one question.