{"id":464485,"date":"2018-02-15T06:11:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T06:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/15\/i-will-fight-corruption-with-or-without-support-from-others-martin-amidu\/"},"modified":"2018-02-15T06:11:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T06:11:09","slug":"i-will-fight-corruption-with-or-without-support-from-others-martin-amidu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/15\/i-will-fight-corruption-with-or-without-support-from-others-martin-amidu\/","title":{"rendered":"I will fight corruption with or without support from others &#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 Thursday, 15 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>mynewsgh.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-15<\/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\/53822707.295.jpg\" alt=\"Amidu Martin\" title=\"Amidu Martin\" width=\"295\" height=\"159\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Martin Amidu is Special Prosecutor nominee<\/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\/1518675069_903_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Mr Martin Amidu, a former Attorney General and now Special Prosecutor has indicated his readiness to fight corruption in the country with or without the support from others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m readying myself for Ghana, I have been doing this for long and will continue to do so whether my nomination is approved or not\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t care about criticisms or who takes the credit, I will fight for this country at all levels\u201d, he promised while answering questions before the appointments committee of parliament on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoogle\u201d and read about \u201cthe man in the arena\u201d, Mr Martin Amidu told Parliament\u2019s Appointments Committee on Tuesday, 13th February during his vetting.<\/p>\n<p>He disclosed that the wanton dissipation of state funds by public officials must cease indicating that the only way that could be done is strengthen state institutions and block the revenue leakages in the country.<\/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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t live in harmony with criminals and traitors. \u2026decent people, I will live with them but criminals, I can\u2019t\u201d, the nominee revealed.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, he is ready to fight with his last blood in salvaging the country\u2019s resources from looters challenging the appointments committee to disapprove his nomination if it feels he is not right to move on that tangent.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/TCQELaCk-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you want anybody who will look the other way, just disapprove me\u201d, the former Attorney General in the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) regime fumed.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" 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