Former Member of Parliament for Nantong constituency in the Northern Region of Ghana, Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, says he is surprised at the ‘loud silence’ of former President Jerry John Rawlings and two other persons over the level of corruption that has allegedly bedevilled the Nana Akufo-Addo led government.
“My shock is this: the loud silence of our founder, former President Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu and Martin Amidu is fantastically noticed…this is an own goal; that we have never sensed this palpable thievery and robbery in this country than we are experiencing today.
“I haven’t seen the series of long thesis that Martin Amidu will write and I haven’t heard Nana Konadu talking about it; perhaps she was also paid judgement debt so she doesn’t see the need to talk about it” he said during a panel discussion on Radio Gold’s Alhaji and Alhaji, Saturday.
Former President and founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Jerry John Rawlings and former Attorney General, Martin Amidu are known critics of the NDC.
Murtala Mohammed
They were a thorn in the flesh of their own party as they consistently attacked members of the erstwhile Mahama administration for being corrupt — a situation some believe led to the party’s defeat in the 2016 elections.
Commenting on the controversial A-Plus corruption allegation and its turn of events, Murtala Mohammed indicated that the ruling administration has made history by being the first “government that is engulfed in profound allegations of corruption less than a year into its administration”
“What is made known is the disrespect and alacrity with which functionaries of this government are corrupt.
“Yet people will come and tell us that Nana Addo is incorruptible…please those stories be told to the marines…there is no doubt in anybody’s mind that this government in unwilling, unprepared and is not going to do anything about corruption,” he added.
Anybody can bring any allegations against the ruling government but unfounded and baseless allegations of corruption naturally die unborn. Reasonable, level-headed and sane people do not mix themselves in unfounded and spurious allegations. Elders hear rumours and see things but they appear not to have heard anything. Why? They don’t want to rush into conclusions and make mistakes. This is because some accusations are borne out of malice, envy or hatred. Thus they come out to say their mind after giving a deep thought to the matter. My small observation is that real citizens and for this case statesmen do not necessarily condemn a government as corrupt from any allegations because their party is in opposition. And when their own party goes astray too they will rebuke them as much as they will their opponents.