The five-member Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) Committee has submitted its report back to President John Mahama, detailing corruption circumstances uncovered throughout its 53-day investigation.
The crew, led by Chairman Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, formally offered the report back to the President on Monday, tenth February 2025. In his speech, Mr Ablakwa defended the legitimacy of the committee’s work, dismissing critics’ issues over its legality.
He revealed that the committee obtained 2,417 circumstances, together with 1,493 complaints by way of cellphone calls and 924 by way of electronic mail.
Moreover, he highlighted how the committee, with help from Nationwide Safety, prevented the demolition of fifty bungalows that personal builders had allegedly sought to grab illegally. Mr Ablakwa defined:
We have been solely meant to obtain complaints, however as accountable, conscientious residents, it might have been irresponsible to face by whereas state properties have been misplaced. We instantly alerted Nationwide Safety, they usually acted.
Breakdown of the ORAL Report
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Complete circumstances obtained – 2,417
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Telephone name complaints – 1,493
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E-mail complaints – 924
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Circumstances from Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) – 44
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Bungalows saved by ORAL – 50
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Circumstances reviewed intimately – 36
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Estimated monetary recoveries from reviewed circumstances – $20.49 billion
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Estimated restoration from looted lands – $702.8 million
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Complete potential recoveries – $21.19 billion
Authorities’s Response
Receiving the report, President Mahama reaffirmed his dedication to recovering misappropriated state funds. He introduced that the report had been handed over to Legal professional-Basic Dr Dominic Ayine for additional motion, assuring that every one recovered funds could be returned to state coffers.
The committee, chaired by Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, MP for North Tongu, consists of former Auditor-Basic Daniel Domelevo, retired Commissioner of Police Nathaniel Kofi Boakye, non-public authorized practitioner Martin Kpebu, and investigative journalist Raymond Archer.
This report marks a big step within the combat in opposition to corruption, as the federal government pushes ahead with efforts to get well looted state belongings and guarantee accountability.
