{"id":3002,"date":"2019-09-12T12:21:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T12:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=3002"},"modified":"2019-09-12T12:21:59","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T12:21:59","slug":"president-akufo-addo-is-not-corrupt-ndcs-allotey-jacobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-akufo-addo-is-not-corrupt-ndcs-allotey-jacobs","title":{"rendered":"President Akufo-Addo is not corrupt – NDC’s Allotey Jacobs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Allotey Jacobs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has jumped to the defense of President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo who has been tagged as a clearing agent for corruption by the opposition.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Allotey Jacobs, who is now describes himself as a social commentator, says it is wrong to tag Akufo-Addo as corrupt.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t hang corruption on the neck of Akufo-Addo. If you know him well, you will know that you cannot hang corruption on his neck. The same way you cannot hang corruption on Mahama\u2019s neck. It is the appointees that are corrupt,\u201d he indicated on\u00a0Peace FM’s morning show \u2018Kokrokoo\u2019.<\/p>\n

Background<\/p>\n

Allotey Jacobs was reacting to comments made by the NDC at a press conference on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The NDC’s press conference\u00a0was against the backdrop of President Akufo-Addo\u2019s speech delivered on Monday at the Bar Conference held in Takoradi.
\nWhile addressing the 2019 Conference of the Ghana Bar Association, in Takoradi, in the Western Region, the President, who has been tagged as a \u2018clearing agent\u2019 by members of the opposition party, insisted that all his appointees accused of corruption have been exonerated because they were declared innocent by investigative agencies directed to probe such claims made against them.<\/p>\n

He accused the opposition NDC of fabricating corruption allegations against his appointees.<\/p>\n

“It is not my job to clear or convict any person accused of wrongdoing, or of engaging in acts of corruption…it cannot be the case that people are condemned on the basis of mere allegations. That is the law of the jungle\u201d he indicated.<\/p>\n

The NDC shot back on Tuesday accusing\u00a0the president of having made\u00a0“corruption the foundation of his government\u201d, and his assertions\u00a0 not in sync with the reality on the ground.<\/p>\n

General Secretary of the NDC, Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, at a press conference described Nana Addo\u00a0as the “most\u00a0nepotistic\u201d President Ghana has ever produced, adding that\u00a0\u201che (Akufo-Addo) must accept full responsibility for the unenviable accolade as the most corrupt President in Ghana\u2019s history, which hangs around his neck and find out why it is so.\u201d<\/p>\n

He further pointed that “it\u00a0has been established beyond all reasonable doubt that corruption is a way of life for the President and his government\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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