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President J.E.A. Mills has assured that his government will deliver to the satisfaction of all Ghanaians when he introduces his ‘Team ‘A’ appointees.
“I sympathise with the opposition (political) parties…ask me why. If NDC ‘Team B’ can perform this well in one year, they should wait for the ‘Team A’, when the ‘Team A’ comes they will see what is going to happen. And I am proud to be associated with ‘Team B’, I am the captain and also the coach and we shall win, we shall deliver for the benefit of the people of Ghana.”
The president was answering questions from journalists at the Castle, Osu, to mark his one year in office.
Responding to a question from Joy News’ Matilda Asante Asiedu about the handling of the corruption allegations against the former Minister of Sports, Alhaji Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, the president said Muntaka did not resign because of corruption, “there wasn’t corruption, it was because of indiscretion on his part.”
Matilda later said she was not satisfied with the answers of the president to the question but conceded the manner in which she asked the question may have helped him to get away with an unsatisfactory answer.
The former sports minister who resigned his position in the wake of allegations of corruption, forged documents to procure a visa for his 'friend' to enable her travel with him but president Mills said it was not a case of corruption.
He said those who levelled the allegation of graft against the former minister could not substantiate their allegations and as a lawyer “if somebody makes an allegation against another person and is not able to give credible evidence…I have no option but to give the benefit of the doubt to the person who is being accused.”
“So it was not a case of corruption, corruption could not be established. We felt that the young man was being indiscreet and that is why he felt that it was right for him to resign and he said so in his statement. In any case let me add this, we’ve been in this country for some time, you have reported on many cases [of corruption], since when have ministers, given these facts, had the courage to tender in their resignations? How many can you cite? Even where there is clear cut evidence, they say ‘we will stay on’. I’m happy that this young man took this step.”
The former sports minister who resigned his position in the wake of allegations of corruption, forged documents to procure a visa for his 'friend' to enable her travel with him but president Mills said it was not a case of corruption.
He said those who levelled the allegation of graft against the former minister could not substantiate their allegations and as a lawyer “if somebody makes an allegation against another person and is not able to give credible evidence…I have no option but to give the benefit of the doubt to the person who is being accused.”
“So it was not a case of corruption, corruption could not be established. We felt that the young man was being indiscreet and that is why he felt that it was right for him to resign and he said so in his statement. In any case let me add this, we’ve been in this country for some time, you have reported on many cases [of corruption], since when have ministers, given these facts, had the courage to tender in their resignations? How many can you cite? Even where there is clear cut evidence, they say ‘we will stay on’. I’m happy that this young man took this step.”DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
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