According to Franklin Cudjoe, President of IMANI Africa, the Presidency is where all unscrupulous and corrupt deals are cooked, so the fight against corruption has to begin there.

Franklin Cudjoe said to Selorm Adonoo on Saturday, May 18, during an appearance on The Big Issue on Citi FM, that the establishment of the Office of the Special Prosecutor in Ghana’s fight against corruption was a defeatist strategy.

He listed a few instances of corruption that happened while the president was in office, claiming that this makes fighting the canker tough and difficult.

“Charity begins at home, and so fighting corruption should start at the Presidency because that is where all the crooked things are cooked. Look at the Scholarship Secretariat scandal; is it not from there? This Ministry of Special Initiatives, was it not harboured at the Presidency, which led to all these dams that were constructed like dugouts and wasted money all over the place. Just take a cursory look at that office.

“So, even creating the Office of the Special Prosecutor was like battling after the facts were established, and people with deep pockets will fight you because they have made enough money to fight you through. We at IMANI say that fighting corruption and waste begins at the Presidency.”