President Akufo-Addo rejects GH ¢500,000 Christmas hamper

President Akufo-Addo rejects GH
¢500,000 Christmas hamper
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The President of the republic of Ghana, Nana
Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is reported to have
out rightly rejected a GH¢500,000 Christmas
Hamper offered to him by an unnamed
corporate organization.
New Patriotic Party (NPP) firebrand and
Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central
Constituency of the Central region Kennedy
Ohene Agyepong who revealed this on
Tuesday, said management of the said
organization visited him on December 23 last
year.
“On the 23rd of December, a company paid
the then president-elect a visit to wish him
well ahead of the yuletide where they dropped
the said amount but he rejected”, he revealed
on an Accra-based TV station.
This according to him, this goes to give
credence to the fact that the president is
poised to fight corruption in society and will
go all out to hunt all those who may engage
in underhand dealings.
He indicated that the current president has
shown he is incorruptible which is why
Ghanaians mandated him to govern the
country for the next four years.
The President during his inaugural address on
January 7, 2017 reiterated his resolve in
fighting corruption in the system stating “If
your goal in coming into government is to
enrich yourself, then doesn’t come. Go to the
private sector. Public service is going to be
exactly that; public service!”

He directed such persons who want to dip
their hands into the public purse to rather find
their way to the private sector because when
he is voted as President, he will jealously
guard public funds.
According to him, he is not against any
individual who wants to make money but “if
that is your goal, stick to the private sector;
don’t come into the public service.”
He hinted that he will create an office of
Special Prosecutor in Ghana’s public space to
ensure accountability.
The Special Prosecutor will be charged to fight
against corruption.
Persons who will serve in this special office
will not be chosen by the President but “by a
formula that will ensure their independence
and the capacity to do their work.”