{"id":464367,"date":"2018-02-14T19:09:01","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T19:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/14\/i-cant-sit-unconcerned-for-thieves-to-loot-ghana-martin-amidu\/"},"modified":"2018-02-14T19:09:01","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T19:09:01","slug":"i-cant-sit-unconcerned-for-thieves-to-loot-ghana-martin-amidu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/14\/i-cant-sit-unconcerned-for-thieves-to-loot-ghana-martin-amidu\/","title":{"rendered":"I can\u2019t sit unconcerned for \u2018thieves\u2019 to loot Ghana &#8211; Martin Amidu"},"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, 14 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>mynewsgh.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-14<\/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\/90831857.295.jpg\" alt=\"AMIDU SPECIAL PROSECUTOR4\" title=\"AMIDU SPECIAL PROSECUTOR4\" width=\"295\" height=\"189\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Martin Amidu, Special Prosecutor<\/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\/1518635341_800_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">President Akufo-Addo\u2019s nominee for the Special Prosecutor, Mr. Martin Amidu has assured he cannot sit unconcerned for thieves to siphon the country\u2019s limited resources under his watch if given the nod by Parliament to operate.<\/p>\n<p>He indicated his readiness to deal with corrupt practices head-on maintaining that the increasing cases of corrupt practices involving public officers should not be allowed to continue<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGhana is not a cow to be milked, and, so, will do everything possible, if approved by parliament, to block all leakages and fight against graft\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cI can\u2019t live in harmony with criminals and traitors\u201d, Mr Amidu told Parliament\u2019s Appointments Committee on Tuesday, 13 February during his vetting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[As for] decent people, I will live with them but criminals, I can\u2019t. \u2026if you want anybody who will look the other way, just disapprove me\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The former Attorney General underscored the need for the strengthening of state institutions in its quest to fight corruption stating that he will require the collaborative support of other agencies to succeed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to set up strong institutions if we are to succeed. \u2026.if we don\u2019t set up strong institutions, we are going to replicate the office of the special prosecutor as we did with other institutions, [and] we will have a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way forward I see is that the [Office of Special Prosecutor] Act, permits us to set up departments that will help us to do our work\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I\u2019m appointed and my deputy is appointed and the board is appointed and we have the complement of staff, I will lead them to explore ways of catching the thief, so that if my employees are taking bribes, I\u2019ll have a way of knowing that they are.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean there are various ways of intelligence and security to do this. The FBI and other bodies have done it, we will do it, so, it\u2019s not going to be a situation in which you\u2019ll think that working in my office is just a holiday, no, no\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe shall make sure that we get into it, we\u2019ll haul you there because Caesar\u2019s wife must be above suspicion, and, I, when you approve of me, must be the first one above suspicion, I\u2019ve demonstrated it before in positions I\u2019ve held and I\u2019m going to make sure that I myself am above suspicion\u201d, Mr Martin Amidu said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/Ee4mOoDZ-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 32 updated by: -1 --><\/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, 14 February 2018 Source: mynewsgh.com 2018-02-14 Martin Amidu, Special Prosecutor President Akufo-Addo\u2019s nominee for the Special Prosecutor, Mr. Martin Amidu has assured he cannot sit unconcerned for thieves to siphon the country\u2019s limited resources under his watch if given the nod by Parliament to operate. 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