{"id":444046,"date":"2017-12-05T22:30:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T22:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/05\/jospongs-akufo-addo-endorsement-improper-azeem\/"},"modified":"2017-12-05T22:30:26","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T22:30:26","slug":"jospongs-akufo-addo-endorsement-improper-azeem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/05\/jospongs-akufo-addo-endorsement-improper-azeem\/","title":{"rendered":"Jospong\u2019s Akufo-Addo endorsement improper \u2013 Azeem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday,  5 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-05<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/50082184.295.jpg\" alt=\"Vitus Azeem1\" title=\"Vitus Azeem1\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Anti-corruption campaigner, Vitus Azeem<\/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=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512513026_516_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Anti-corruption campaigner, Vitus Azeem has sided with the Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Marfo in criticizing president Akufo-Addo for endorsing the activities of the chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies Joseph Siaw Agyapong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026More grease to your elbow and the contribution you are making to our social life is inestimable,\u201d the incorruptible Akufo-Addo said of Mr. Siaw Agyepong during a visit to the Accra Compost and Recycling Plant at Adjen Kotoku.<\/p>\n<p>\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  the President said despite public knowledge that Jospong is being investigated for inflating costs of some contracts it executed under the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama administration.<\/p>\n<p>However speaking Monday at a forum to launch this year\u2019s national anti-corruption and transparency week in Accra, the Senior Minister disclosed that the president\u2019s comment was inappropriate.<\/p>\n<p>\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.<\/p>\n<p>Concurring with the senior Minister Monday on Starr Today, Mr. Azeem said \u201cI think that what the president did was improper because there are several cases or allegations of corrupt acts, underhand dealings are made against the company \u2013 Juspong group of companies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so for a president that has promised to fight corruption, one would have expected him to say that\u2026if these allegations are not true he needs to work to clear them rather than commending him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 26 updated by: 26 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\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>General News of Tuesday, 5 December 2017 Source: Starrfmonline.com 2017-12-05 Anti-corruption campaigner, Vitus Azeem Anti-corruption campaigner, Vitus Azeem has sided with the Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Marfo in criticizing president Akufo-Addo for endorsing the activities of the chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies Joseph Siaw Agyapong. \u201c\u2026More grease to your elbow and the contribution [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":444049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-444046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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