{"id":464271,"date":"2018-02-14T12:34:50","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T12:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/14\/corruption-in-ghana-today-is-rawlings-breed-ken-agyapong-counters-amidu\/"},"modified":"2018-02-14T12:34:50","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T12:34:50","slug":"corruption-in-ghana-today-is-rawlings-breed-ken-agyapong-counters-amidu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/14\/corruption-in-ghana-today-is-rawlings-breed-ken-agyapong-counters-amidu\/","title":{"rendered":"Corruption in Ghana today is Rawlings\u2019 breed &#8211; Ken Agyapong counters Amidu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/48377336.295.jpg\" alt=\"Rawlings 2018\" title=\"Rawlings 2018\" width=\"295\" height=\"208\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings<\/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\/1518611690_908_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Outspoken New Patroitic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central, the honourable Kennedy Agyapong has lashed out at Martin Amidu for hailing former President Rawlings as someone who fought corruption to reduce it to the barest minimum, accusing Amidu of being Mr Rawlings\u2019 partner in running down the country. He accused Mr Rawlings of being the one under whom corruption in Ghana was breeded.<\/p>\n<p>He was reacting to a statement by President Nana Akufo Addo\u2019s nominee for the Office of the Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu, when he appeared before a vetting committee of Parliament. Mynewsgh.com earlier reported Mr Amidu as having listed former Rawlings as his refereee and mentor who stood for the fight against corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGhana\u2019s fate today, he is part of it, the atrocities they committed together, what is Amidu talking about? Me I don\u2019t fear anybody, it is only God I fear. I fear nothing, I fear no one. Rawlings, the corruption today is his breed\u201d, he declared.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ken Agyapong, who was speaking in the studio of Asempa FM Tuesday, to buttress his point sang: \u201cWe no go sit down make them cheat us everyday\u2026\u201d He chanted.<\/p>\n<p>He berated the former President Rawlings for \u201cgrooming and training very corrupt people\u201d in the National Democratic Congress (NDC Party).<\/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>Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings Outspoken New Patroitic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central, the honourable Kennedy Agyapong has lashed out at Martin Amidu for hailing former President Rawlings as someone who fought corruption to reduce it to the barest minimum, accusing Amidu of being Mr Rawlings\u2019 partner in running down the country. 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