President John Dramani Mahama has sounded a stern warning to appointed officials in his government.
The president, while addressing the Christian Council of Ghana, insisted that his appointees would be prosecuted the same as some officials from the previous administration should they be found corrupt.
He stressed that, in their attempt to fight prosecution when found compromised, the previous administration cried political prosecution because of their failure to confront corrupt practices, which affects the country.
“When a government is in office, when scandals are taking place, they don’t deal with them. They leave it until a new government comes. And when that government begins investigating, the previous administration claims it is being witch-hunted. This is political persecution,” he said.
“I have given notice to my ministers. I ask them every day in Cabinet; I remind them. The prosecutions that we are currently taking against the previous government [officials] will apply to the first person who brings a scandal to this government. We shall hang them on a cross. And you follow our Lord Jesus Christ, that you cannot resurrect again,” President Mahama added.
