{"id":445995,"date":"2017-12-11T19:15:45","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T19:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/11\/akufo-addo-lacks-the-courage-to-fight-corruption-mp-taunts\/"},"modified":"2017-12-11T19:15:45","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T19:15:45","slug":"akufo-addo-lacks-the-courage-to-fight-corruption-mp-taunts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/11\/akufo-addo-lacks-the-courage-to-fight-corruption-mp-taunts\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo lacks the courage to fight corruption \u2013 MP taunts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday, 11 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>3news.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-11<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/92600570.295.jpg\" alt=\"Nana Addo 12\" title=\"Nana Addo 12\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo<\/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\/1513019745_245_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Akufo-Addo-led government has now reduced the corruption fight into statements without concrete action, the Member of Parliament for Adaklu Constituency in the Volta Region, Kwame Governs Agbodza assessed. <\/p>\n<p>He also taunted the government of coiling without the political will to tackle corruption associated with officials in his government. <\/p>\n<p>Mr. Agbodza was contributing to a discussion on TV3\u2019s New Day hosted by Bright Nana Amfoh on Monday, following calls by the Center for Democratic Development-Ghana (CDD-Ghana) on government to take decisive action on fight against corruption in the country. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have no interest in punishing their own who are corrupt. The Akufo-Addo government does not have the courage for the fight against corruption\u201d, the NDC MP stated. <\/p>\n<p>He recalled that prior to the elections in 2016, the NPP  \u201cgave perceptions to the people that when they come, [corruption] will not happen, but they came and look at what is happening\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>The MP remarked, \u201cfighting corruption is an action. It is not about making statements on platforms. This government only talks about it\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Member of Parliament for Assin South Constituency in the Central Region, Rev John Ntim Fordjour, sees nothing wrong with government prosecuting former government appointees found to have been involved in corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorruption has been in the country for centuries and it is important that any action being taken to deal with it is supported. 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