{"id":424452,"date":"2017-10-02T19:52:59","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T19:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/02\/murtala-shocked-by-rawlings-amidu-silence-on-akufo-addos-corrupt-govt\/"},"modified":"2017-10-02T19:52:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T19:52:59","slug":"murtala-shocked-by-rawlings-amidu-silence-on-akufo-addos-corrupt-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/02\/murtala-shocked-by-rawlings-amidu-silence-on-akufo-addos-corrupt-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"Murtala \u2018shocked\u2019 by Rawlings, Amidu silence on Akufo-Addo\u2019s \u2018corrupt govt\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/ghana-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Jerry-John-Rawlings.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"299\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Jerry-John-Rawlings.jpg.pagespeed.ce.GPL4gQaXBj.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Jerry John Rawlings\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"2701325706\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Former Member of Parliament for Nantong constituency in the Northern Region of Ghana, Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, says he is surprised at the \u2018loud silence\u2019 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy shock is this: the loud silence of our founder, former President Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu and Martin Amidu is fantastically noticed\u2026this is an own goal; that we have never sensed this palpable thievery and robbery in this country than we are experiencing today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t seen the series of long thesis that Martin Amidu will write and I haven\u2019t heard Nana Konadu talking about it; perhaps she was also paid judgement debt so she doesn\u2019t see the need to talk about it\u201d he said during a panel discussion on Radio Gold\u2019s Alhaji and Alhaji, Saturday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-text\">\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/284719832344_1296313461588.jpg\" alt=\"Murtala Mohammed\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"3876753137\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/284719832344_1296313461588.jpg\" alt=\"Murtala Mohammed\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"226180193\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Murtala Mohammed<\/p>\n<p>They were a thorn in the flesh of their own party as they consistently attacked members of the erstwhile Mahama administration for being corrupt \u2014 a situation some believe led to the party\u2019s defeat in the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the controversial A-Plus corruption allegation and its turn of events,\u00a0Murtala Mohammed\u00a0indicated that the ruling administration has made history by being the first \u201cgovernment that is engulfed in profound allegations of corruption less than a year into its administration\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is made known is the disrespect and alacrity with which functionaries of this government are corrupt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet people will come and tell us that Nana Addo is incorruptible\u2026please those stories be told to the marines\u2026there is no doubt in anybody\u2019s mind that this government in unwilling, unprepared and is not going to 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silence\u2019 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. \u201cMy shock is this: the loud silence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":420088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-424452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Murtala \u2018shocked\u2019 by Rawlings, Amidu silence on Akufo-Addo\u2019s \u2018corrupt govt\u2019 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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