Former Auditor General Daniel Domelevo has expressed doubt about the ability and credibility of NPP flagbearer Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in combating corruption.
His remarks follow Dr. Bawumia’s pledge to address corruption if elected president.
In an interview on an Accra-based radio station, the former Auditor General challenged Dr. Bawumia to demonstrate his commitment by providing transparency regarding the significant funding for his campaign.
“The track record that he wants us to look at, can he tell us about the 80 million Ghana cedis which was used for the primaries. Can he tell us where it came from? He should have made that known to us, that as a vice president, he doesn’t even get 50,000 cedis a month. So for eight years, he would not make more than 10 million. He should have told us that apart from my salary, I have these sources, my father left these, and I have investments which brought about the eighty-something million which I used for my party funding. We would have clapped for him,” he said.
Meanwhile, Mary Awelana Addah, Executive Director of the Ghana Integrity Initiative, has criticized the NPP’s anti-corruption proposals for being insufficiently comprehensive.
She argued that the manifesto overlooks several critical issues highlighted by civil society organizations.
“A manifesto which came with 260 pages, I was expecting that at least, we will have some dynamic or specific strategic interventions that will show how it will be done, but they are just statements that have been made. If you want to fight corruption, you need to show us that I am not corruptible. What are some of the indicators of that incorruptibility that you want to bring on board.”