Minister of Youth Development and Empowerment, George Opare Addo, has vowed to ensure that the government retrieves state funds from every former government official involved in embezzlement.
According to the National Youth Organizer of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), the youth of Ghana will demand that the government hold corrupt appointees of the Akufo-Addo administration accountable and prosecute them.
Speaking in an interview in New York with Adinkra Radio Morning Show host Daakyehene Ofosu Agyemang, George Opare Addo who is also a trained lawyer stated that the youth will hold President Mahama accountable if he fails to prosecute corrupt former government officials.
“I want to assure the public that whoever has stolen even a pesewa of state funds will be forced to return it. The young people of Ghana will not forgive President John Mahama if ORAL doesn’t work. ORAL is one of the key things we campaigned on.”
He emphasized that he is prepared to lead a crusade against his own government if no prosecutions are made.
“Even some of us who led the youth mobilization if these corrupt former officials are not prosecuted and state funds are not retrieved from them will lead the charge against our own government. We expect the right things to be done. You can’t steal state funds and spend them with your family while ordinary Ghanaians suffer. So whoever has stolen any state money will return it, that I can assure the public.”
What exactly is Operation Recover All Loot, aka ORAL?
What exactly is Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL)
According to the NDC, Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) is a comprehensive anti-corruption program that seeks to:
Upon assuming office, the John Mahama administration set up a committee to scrutinize suspected cases of corruption under previous administrations, particularly targeting the period of governance by the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
The report of the ORAL Committee has been presented to John Mahama and prosecution of some suspected corrupt officials have started.
