{"id":466656,"date":"2018-02-22T17:22:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T17:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/22\/akufo-addo-not-interested-in-fighting-corruption-daniel-batidam\/"},"modified":"2018-02-22T17:22:29","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T17:22:29","slug":"akufo-addo-not-interested-in-fighting-corruption-daniel-batidam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/22\/akufo-addo-not-interested-in-fighting-corruption-daniel-batidam\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo not interested in fighting corruption &#8211; Daniel Batidam"},"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, 22 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ultimatefmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-22<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/62621392.295.jpg\" alt=\"President Akufo Addo Delivering His Keynote Address\" title=\"President Akufo Addo Delivering His Keynote Address\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Akufo-Addo<\/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\/2018\/02\/1519320149_145_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The former advisor on Governance and Corruption to ex-President John Dramani Mahama, Daniel Batidam has chastised the Akufo-Addo\u2019s government for doing nothing to fight corruption.<\/p>\n<p>He said the government has not done much to its credit when it comes to the fight against corruption.<\/p>\n<p>His comment comes on the back of the latest Corruption Perception Index released Wednesday in which Ghana scored 40 as against last year\u2019s score of 43 \u2013 dropping 11 places in the latest CPI. The Ranking is Ghana\u2019s worst performance in the last six years.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Batidam bemoaned the country\u2019s steady progress in fighting corruption which is now sliding backwards again.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I am worried that after years of steady progress which took us from as low as 38% in 2009 to 48% in 2014, we are sliding backwards again\u2026virtually, nothing has happened in the area of fighting corruption when the NPP came into power.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018From what I am seeing now, I can say that in Ghana now, the perception of corruption is a reality\u2026this gov\u2019t has not done much to its credit when it comes to the fight against corruption. President Nana Akufo-Addo will have to sit up\u2026his government is doing nothing to fight corruption,\u2019 he told Francis Abban on Morning Starr.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the government\u2019s appointees are alleged to have engaged in corruption in their line of duties.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 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 Thursday, 22 February 2018 Source: ultimatefmonline.com 2018-02-22 President Akufo-Addo The former advisor on Governance and Corruption to ex-President John Dramani Mahama, Daniel Batidam has chastised the Akufo-Addo\u2019s government for doing nothing to fight corruption. 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