{"id":446703,"date":"2017-12-13T16:41:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T16:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/dont-use-propaganda-to-prosecute-corrupt-public-officials-aseidu-nketia\/"},"modified":"2017-12-13T16:41:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T16:41:00","slug":"dont-use-propaganda-to-prosecute-corrupt-public-officials-aseidu-nketia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/dont-use-propaganda-to-prosecute-corrupt-public-officials-aseidu-nketia\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t use propaganda to prosecute \u2018corrupt\u2019 public officials &#8211; Aseidu Nketia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 13 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>yen.com.gh<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-13<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/80044813.295.jpg\" alt=\"Asiedu Nketiah Sona 2017\" title=\"Asiedu Nketiah Sona 2017\" width=\"295\" height=\"192\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Johnson Aseidu Nketia, General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress<\/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\/1513183260_566_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has cautioned the government against the use of propaganda<\/p>\n<p>He added that it should not be used in the prosecution of former public officials<\/p>\n<p>He went on to say that the courts should be the best place to try such persons<\/p>\n<p>The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has cautioned the present government against using propaganda to try former public officials.<\/p>\n<p>In a report by www.mynewsgh.com, he argued that the New Patriotic Party\u2019s (NPP)\u2019s approach in fighting corruption is flawed and as such the right procedure would be used in prosecutions.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Atinka FM, he added that former public appointees should be tried before competent law courts, so they can defend themselves if necessary. To him, the continuous accusations emanating from the camp of the NPP clearly indicates that there is little they can do to fight corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a country, if we are not able to fight lies there is no way we are going to fight corruption\u201d. He stated.<\/p>\n<p>General Mosquito further stated that indiscipline is prevalent in the Ghanaian society, and as such it is almost impossible to fight corruption in the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the NPP accused the NDC of corruption during the 2016 elections, and because such charges were unfounded, they (NPP) are finding it hard to fight corruption themselves.<\/p>\n<p>He continued by saying that, \u201cthe Nana Addo led government must know that, \u2018corrupt\u2019 officials are not going to be judged by propaganda machinery of their party nor pliable media.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, judges are going to make their ruling based on facts and evidence\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 33 updated by: 33 --><\/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 Wednesday, 13 December 2017 Source: yen.com.gh 2017-12-13 Johnson Aseidu Nketia, General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress The General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has cautioned the government against the use of propaganda He added that it should not be used in the prosecution of former public officials He went [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":399441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-446703","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Don&#039;t use propaganda to prosecute \u2018corrupt\u2019 public officials - Aseidu Nketia - 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\/13\/dont-use-propaganda-to-prosecute-corrupt-public-officials-aseidu-nketia\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Don&#039;t use propaganda to prosecute \u2018corrupt\u2019 public officials - Aseidu Nketia - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"General News of Wednesday, 13 December 2017 Source: yen.com.gh 2017-12-13 Johnson Aseidu Nketia, General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress The General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has cautioned the government against the use of propaganda He added that it should not be used in the prosecution of former public officials He went [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/13\\\/dont-use-propaganda-to-prosecute-corrupt-public-officials-aseidu-nketia\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/13\\\/dont-use-propaganda-to-prosecute-corrupt-public-officials-aseidu-nketia\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Don&#8217;t use propaganda to prosecute \u2018corrupt\u2019 public officials &#8211; 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