{"id":443797,"date":"2017-12-05T07:27:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T07:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/05\/senior-minister-commended-for-criticizing-akufo-addo-over-jospong\/"},"modified":"2017-12-05T07:27:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T07:27:00","slug":"senior-minister-commended-for-criticizing-akufo-addo-over-jospong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/05\/senior-minister-commended-for-criticizing-akufo-addo-over-jospong\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Minister commended for criticizing Akufo Addo over Jospong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Akufo-Addo-Osafo-Marfo-475x267.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Anti-corruption campaigner, Vitus Azeem has said Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo\u2019s criticism of President Akufo Addo\u2019s endorsement of the Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, Joseph Siaw Agyapong vindicates anti-corruption campaigners.<\/p>\n<p>The Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo on Monday questioned President Akufo-Addo\u2019s approval of the activities of Mr Joseph Siaw Agyapong.<\/p>\n<p>The Jospong Group of Companies is being investigated for inflating costs of some contracts it executed under the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama administration.<\/p>\n<p>But during a visit to the Accra Compost and Recycling Plant at Adjen Kotoku, President Akufo-Addo acclaimed for being incorruptible praised Mr. Siaw-Agyapong in spite of the alleged scandals against him much to the chagrin of anti-corruption campaigners.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c\u2026More grease to your elbow and the contribution you are making to our social life is inestimable,\u201d president Akufo-Addo said of Mr. Siaw Agyepong.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhen you are at the forefront of doing things, like you are, you will be the subject of controversy, it goes with the territory. I know you a little bit, and I know you are capable of handling it. Stay focused,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a forum to launch this year\u2019s national anti-corruption and transparency week in Accra, the Senior Minister stated that the president\u2019s comment was not right.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s certainly not right. It will give the wrong signals if you are seen to be pampering or endorsing a known wrong doer\u2026That one is not right,\u201d he thundered emphatically.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Starr News, Vitus Azeem said it is commendable to have such sharp opposing views in a political party.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOne will say they don\u2019t don\u2019t agree with each other on this particular issue and it\u2019s good that somebody working under the President can come out and say this was not property which supports those of us who\u2019re saying the same thing. So it\u2019s not only we outside the system that are actually condemning that commendation but even people within the inner circle also think that the President made a mistake, so that sort of strengthens our stance.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if (d.getElementById(id)) return;js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&appId=1136575713042949&version=v2.3\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script>(function(d, s, id) {var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if (d.getElementById(id)) return;js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.6\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/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>Anti-corruption campaigner, Vitus Azeem has said Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo\u2019s criticism of President Akufo Addo\u2019s endorsement of the Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, Joseph Siaw Agyapong vindicates anti-corruption campaigners. The Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo on Monday questioned President Akufo-Addo\u2019s approval of the activities of Mr Joseph Siaw Agyapong. The Jospong Group [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":443798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443797","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>Senior Minister commended for criticizing Akufo Addo over Jospong - 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\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/05\/senior-minister-commended-for-criticizing-akufo-addo-over-jospong\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Senior Minister commended for criticizing Akufo Addo over Jospong - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Anti-corruption campaigner, Vitus Azeem has said Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo\u2019s criticism of President Akufo Addo\u2019s endorsement of the Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, Joseph Siaw Agyapong vindicates anti-corruption campaigners. 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