Nationwide Chairman of the ruling Nationwide Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has responded to critics of the government’s anti-corruption initiative, Operation Get well All Loot (ORAL), defending what many understand because the gradual tempo of progress.
In keeping with Mr Asiedu Nketiah, ORAL just isn’t designed to focus on political opponents, however quite to serve the nationwide curiosity by recovering funds lost through corruption. He emphasised that the NDC is dedicated to justice—not vengeance.
His feedback come amid rising public frustration over the perceived delay within the arrest and prosecution of people accused of corruption underneath the previous New Patriotic Social gathering (NPP) authorities.
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Talking in an interview on Accra FM, Mr Nketiah insists the purpose is to not mimic what he describes because the NPP’s vindictive model of governance.
He stated:
The ORAL Committee was meant to create a preparatory platform for whistleblowers to share credible data earlier than we arrange the complete institutional framework for restoration. Below the earlier administration, a number of state establishments have been compromised. Cleansing up and rebuilding these constructions will take time.
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He added:
I’ve heard individuals complaining, and even a number of the looters are bragging that nothing will occur to them. However we aren’t doing this for applause. We wish an enduring answer. We gained’t prosecute individuals with out concrete proof, just for them to be acquitted after a couple of months. That’s not justice.
Inside Operation Get well All Loot (ORAL)
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Forward of the 2024 common election, the NDC launched Operation Get well All Loot (ORAL) as a cornerstone of its anti-corruption marketing campaign. The initiative seeks to hint, examine, and get better state sources allegedly siphoned off throughout the administration of former President Akufo-Addo.
On tenth February 2025, the five-member ORAL Committee officially submitted its interim report to President John Mahama, following a 53-day investigation. The committee was chaired by Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa.
Through the handover ceremony, Mr Ablakwa disclosed that the committee had obtained a complete of two,417 reviews—1,493 by cellphone calls and 924 by way of e-mail—highlighting the size of alleged corruption uncovered.