The running mate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyema has declared that she and John Dramani Mahama will hold corrupt officials accountable and ensure they face legal consequences once they assume power.
During her official introduction as the running mate in Accra yesterday, she underscored that the NDC’s ticket had reached a consensus that individuals involved in corrupt practices would be prosecuted if the NDC emerged victorious in the elections.
Prof. Opoku-Agyemang also condemned what she characterized as the endorsement of ethnocentric elitism camouflaged as intellectualism, cowardice portrayed as bravery, and crony capitalism disguised as developmental advancement and liberty.
Here’s an extract of her speech:
“Across the political divide, across social and professional groupings, you hear complaints and stories concerning state capture where this government has chosen to use its power not in the broader interest of all Ghanaians but to favour a small clique. What is that?,” she questioned
“John (Mahama) and I have agreed that whoever has participated in the plunder of the state must be held accountable and my friends, this is not a threat, it is a promise. It is a promise which is premised on the wishes of our citizens across the political divide and it is hinged on the principle of accountability,” she asserted.
“Let us face the fact, today what do we hear? Is the promotion of ethnocentric elitism which is masquerading as intellectualism. It is elitism masquerading as intellectualism, It is weakness strutting as courage and crony capitalism, masked as development in freedom.
It is shameless hypocrisy pretending to be objective. These will never move our country forward”. “Rather, the most significant achievement of all these has been a country in near insolvency…”.
