{"id":443607,"date":"2017-12-04T20:01:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T20:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/04\/corrupt-officials-will-certainly-suffer-for-their-deeds-maafo\/"},"modified":"2017-12-04T20:01:26","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T20:01:26","slug":"corrupt-officials-will-certainly-suffer-for-their-deeds-maafo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/04\/corrupt-officials-will-certainly-suffer-for-their-deeds-maafo\/","title":{"rendered":"Corrupt officials will &#8216;certainly suffer for their deeds&#8217; \u2013 Maafo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/79090071.295.jpg\" alt=\"Osafo Marfo4\" title=\"Osafo Marfo4\" width=\"295\" height=\"128\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512417686_762_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo has said that government officials found culpable of corruption will not escape prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Ghanaians should be patient with the Akufo-Addo government which has resolved to deal with corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Maafo, who was speaking on Monday, 4 December at the launch of the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Week in Accra, said the president asked him to convey that message.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe president told me that: \u2018When you go, emphasise the point that we are certainly going to make people who have wronged this nation through corruption suffer for their deeds\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we don\u2019t want to do this in a hurry, we must do thorough investigation\u2026 we must do it in such a way that people who have wronged the system are identified through thorough investigation and they will answer for their crimes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The programme is under the theme: \u201cNACAP: Strengthening Public, Private and Civil Society Partnership in the fight against corruption\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo has said that government officials found culpable of corruption will not escape prosecution. According to him, Ghanaians should be patient with the Akufo-Addo government which has resolved to deal with corruption. 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