{"id":460912,"date":"2018-02-02T19:10:51","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T19:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/02\/being-accused-of-corruption-was-my-lowest-moment-betty-mould\/"},"modified":"2018-02-02T19:10:51","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T19:10:51","slug":"being-accused-of-corruption-was-my-lowest-moment-betty-mould","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/02\/being-accused-of-corruption-was-my-lowest-moment-betty-mould\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Being accused of corruption was my lowest moment\u2019 \u2013 Betty Mould"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday,  2 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/64868780.295.jpg\" alt=\"Betty Mould Iddrissu Newest\" title=\"Betty Mould Iddrissu Newest\" width=\"295\" height=\"207\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Betty Mould Iddrisu, Former Attorney-General<\/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\/2018\/02\/1517598651_625_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Former Attorney-General (A-G), Betty Mould Iddrisu says she was saddened when some people branded her as a corrupt person after discharging a selfless service to the state.<\/p>\n<p>Labelling the A-G Department as a very difficult place, she said every decision she took while serving under the past regime, was done in the national interest.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Lexis Bill on Joy FM\u2019s Personality Profile Thursday, the former University of Ghana law lecturer said she has never been corrupt in her public life and will not.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Mould Iddrisu\u2019s decision to authorize the payment of $51.2million to National Democratic Congress (NDC) financier, Alfred Woyome in 2011 has been a subject of court action, for many years.<\/p>\n<p>The businessman had said he had a contract with the Government of Ghana, which he claimed was illegally terminated.<\/p>\n<p>But in a unanimous decision in July 2014, Ghana\u2019s apex court ruled the money was fraudulently paid to Mr Woyome and ordered the government to retrieve the whole sum.<\/p>\n<p>The former A-G dominated headlines in major newspapers in the country, with political opponents describing her as a corrupt person.<\/p>\n<p>Then NDC Lower Manya Member of Parliament (MP), Michael Teye Nyaunu backed calls by the then opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), for her to be relieved of her position.<\/p>\n<p>But opening up eight years after she vacated the A-G office, Mrs Mould Iddrisu said she was at her lowest moment when her decisions and actions while serving as the A-G were questioned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You are acting as a lawyer for all the Ministries and Departments. It&#8217;s a delicate balancing act [and] in my whole career it was the most difficult job,&#8221; he said, adding he gave off her best.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnybody who knows me will tell you that,\u201d she told the presenter.<\/p>\n<p>But she had to turn off her radio and television sets because of the repeated attacks against her in the media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor you to become a national figure and for your image to be appearing on the major headlines in the major newspapers day in and day out for years will try anybody,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>When she was invited to comment on the appointment of his successor, Martin Amidu as the Special Prosecutor nominee by president Akufo-Addo, she declined.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am not going to say a word about that,&#8221; were the only words Mrs Mould Iddrisu muttered about Mr Amidu\u2019s appointme<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 62 updated by: 62 --><\/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 Friday, 2 February 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2018-02-02 Betty Mould Iddrisu, Former Attorney-General Former Attorney-General (A-G), Betty Mould Iddrisu says she was saddened when some people branded her as a corrupt person after discharging a selfless service to the state. 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