{"id":275613,"date":"2011-02-05T18:15:58","date_gmt":"2011-02-05T18:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=51224"},"modified":"2011-02-05T18:15:58","modified_gmt":"2011-02-05T18:15:58","slug":"mills-ceps-boss-must-take-responsibility-for-harbour-rot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/05\/mills-ceps-boss-must-take-responsibility-for-harbour-rot\/","title":{"rendered":"Mills, CEPS boss must take responsibility for Harbour rot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_51225\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51225\" style=\"width: 208px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-51225\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/05\/mills-ceps-boss-must-take-responsibility-for-harbour-rot\/nitiwul-dominic-beta\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51225\" title=\"Nitiwul Dominic beta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Nitiwul-Dominic-beta.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nitiwul Dominic<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe Member of Parliament for Bimbilla says President John Mills and the  head of the Customs Exercise and Preventive Service (CEPS) must equally  be held liable for the stinking bribery and corruption uncovered at the  Tema Harbour.<br \/>\nDominic Nitiwul noted the angry outburst by the  President when he paid a visit to the Harbour on Friday only exposed the  president as sleeping on the job even when reports of corruption were  evident.<br \/>\nAn investigative piece by the Deputy Editor of the New  Crusading Guide, Anas Aremeyaw Anas showed CEPS officials, police  personnel, and National Security officers busily collecting bribes from  importers at the Tema Harbour.<br \/>\nThe hidden video captured some of  the officials at the Harbour dancing to sumptuous music whilst gleefully  collecting the bribe, and denying the country of its meager revenue.<br \/>\nThe  shocking revelation prompted the president to pay a visit to the  Harbour and did not hide his anger at the festering corruption at an  institution whose core mandate is to raise revenue and check corruption.<br \/>\nThe  president in his statement said he had always suspected corruption at  the Harbour and other places including the country&#8217;s border and was  waiting for the Anas Video to take action.<br \/>\n&#8220;&#8230;Everyday we hear reports about malpractices; people collecting bribes with careless abandon&#8230;&#8221; he said.<br \/>\nHe  was appalled that CEPS officials, as a matter of rule and not the  exception, have been building houses and buying cars just three years  after being employed, asking how many public officials are able to do  that.<br \/>\nPresident Mills also took a swipe at the Judiciary for  not prosecuting some 14 CEPS officials who were indicted by a similar  investigation by Anas for aiding and abetting the smuggling of Ghana\u2019s  cocoa.<br \/>\nThe president\u2019s comments have not gone down well with the Bimbilla MP.<br \/>\nOn Joy FM\u2019s news analysis programme <strong> News File <\/strong> on Saturday, Dominic Nitiwul said it was unfortunate that the president  was all along privy to an institutionalized corruption at the Harbour  and elsewhere and yet decided not to activate the state investigative  machinery to bring the perpetrators to book.<br \/>\nFor the president to  rely on a private individual\u2019s investigative piece before taking action  on such an issue is most regrettable, Nitiwul stated.<br \/>\nHe was  also edgy with the President for reposing confidence in the Commissioner  of CEPS Major General Carl Mordey, a man who he (Nitiwul) accuses of  presiding over the corruption.<br \/>\nHe hinted the Commissioner ought  to take ultimate responsibility for the bribery and corruption under his  nose, instead of the constant plaudit being showered on him by the  president.<br \/>\nNitiwul suspects this new revelation will once again  be thrown into the dust bin of history, without any punitive measures,  given the way previous investigations at the Elubo, Accra Psychiatric  Hospital, Osu Children\u2019s Home have been handled in the past.<br \/>\nHe  said the 14 CEPS official indicted for cocoa smuggling have been  discharged by an Accra High Court because state prosecutors at the AG\u2019s  office are disinterested in the case.<br \/>\nThe president, he said, can do more than just the talk.<br \/>\nBut a Deputy Information Minister, James Agyenim Boateng who was also on  the show said Nitiwul\u2019s remarks are \u201cskewed and most unfair.\u201d<br \/>\nHe  explained that the president as well as anybody could suspect  corruption in any institution but added suspicion alone is not enough  for prosecution.<br \/>\nHe noted for the fact the president said he was  waiting for Anas\u2019 tape meant there is something he is privy to which  might not be known to the public.<br \/>\nAgyanim Boateng said it is not  unusual for the president to have a back up plan by falling on the  expertise of Anas to expose corruption in the country.<br \/>\nHe also  dismissed criticisms against General Mordey who he said had just taken  office only for about three months and does not deserve the criticisms.<br \/>\nHe  could not readily recall if anybody was fired for the Elubo fiasco but  said the fight against corruption must be done in a holistic manner.<br \/>\nHe was optimistic this new revelation will be worked on with dispatch and the perpetrators will be brought to book.<br \/>\n<strong> Revelation <\/strong><br \/>\nKweku  Baako Jnr., Editor in Chief of the New Crusading Guide, the stable from  which the investigative piece was conducted, revealed the Harbour  investigation was \u201ctriggered at the formal request of a state agency.\u201d<br \/>\nHe would not name which agency or on whose behest the investigation was conducted.<br \/>\nStory by Nathan Gadugah<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Member of Parliament for Bimbilla says President John Mills and the head of the Customs Exercise and Preventive Service (CEPS) must equally be held liable for the stinking bribery and corruption uncovered at the Tema Harbour. 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