The President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, suggested that the Presidency serves as the oven in which all corrupt and questionable deals are baked
According to him, while speaking on The Big Issue on Citi FM yesterday, the fight against entrenched corruption in the country ought to start from there (the Presidency) if we are to make any progress.
“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.” He spoke.
He went on to explained that this same presidency is up in arms against the Office of the Special Prosecutor for trying to do the very job they created it to do-fight against corruption.
Franklin Cudjoe mentioned a number of damning corrupt practices exposed out of the confines of the seat of government, which he suggested make it difficult and challenging to handle.
“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.” He noted.
