Following President-elect John Mahama’s establishment of a five-member committee to address corruption and related cases within the outgoing Nana Akufo-Addo government, Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has raised concerns about the source of funding for the committee.

The committee is expected to collect and investigate corruption cases, which will then be handed over to the relevant authorities for further examination and prosecution.

According to Mr Afenyo-Markin, the work of the committee will require significant funding, and it is important to know the source of the funds that will support its activities.

“Nobody should have to ask Ablakwa (chairman of the committee)how the committee’s work is going to be funded. If a private individual is funding it, they are talking about corruption; we need to know who is funding it,” he said while discussing current affairs on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show on Wednesday, 18 December.

He argued that if the committee is privately funded, corruption could eventually arise in their camp, but if it is publicly funded, the NPP would want to understand the process for allocating those resources.

The outgoing Majority Leader continued, “Whose money are they going to use to buy fuel? Whose money will they use to set up an office?” he asked.

Afenyo-Markin emphasised that the NPP would also investigate the committee’s work.

The five-member committee was set up by Mr Mahama on Tuesday as part of his efforts to combat corruption and the looting of state resources.