Former President John Dramani Mahama has stated that if re-elected in 2024, he will tackle corruption vigorously.
According to him, the next National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration would take the battle against corruption more seriously.
The former president insisted that corruption is a major drain on the state coffers.
Addressing NDC delegates in Garu, Upper East Region, the NDC flagbearer aspirant warned that any appointee found in the canker will face serious punishment.
Mr. Mahama stated that this will be done without fear or favor.
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“NDC is going to come into office, and we are going to launch a strong fight against corruption because we all know that corruption is one of the waste pipes in this country.
“People who appropriate the money of the state must be brought to book and sanctioned and NDC is going to do that.”
“It doesn’t matter whether the people are our own or from some other party, we will make sure that the sword is slammed equally and anyone who takes the people’s money must suffer for it.”
On the same tour, Mr Mahama promised to address all of the issues facing the Free SHS policy and the National Health Insurance Scheme as soon as possible.
He stated that evaluating the two policies will help Ghanaians and improve the policies.
“Free SHS is not working properly, the benefit it is supposed to give the parents, they are not getting. I can tell you today that the money we are spending on our children to go to school is far more than when we used to pay school fees”.
“We are going to repair the free SHS and make it better and create the situation where when school reopens, all the children will go together and when they vacate, they all come home together.”
SOURCE: myjoyonline
