{"id":467003,"date":"2018-02-23T20:21:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T20:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/23\/dont-settle-personal-scores-akufo-addo-to-amidu\/"},"modified":"2018-02-23T20:21:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T20:21:28","slug":"dont-settle-personal-scores-akufo-addo-to-amidu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/23\/dont-settle-personal-scores-akufo-addo-to-amidu\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t settle personal scores \u2013 Akufo-Addo to 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 Friday, 23 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-23<\/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\/59560013.295.jpg\" alt=\"Special Prosecutor Amidu Martin Se\" title=\"Special Prosecutor Amidu Martin Se\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Amidu was sworn in by President Akufo-Addo at an event held at the Flagstaff House today<\/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\/1519417288_98_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> President Akufo-Addo has entreated Ghana\u2019s first Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu to guard against using his office to settle personal scores.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the Special Prosecutor\u2019s office is a non-partisan one with the relevant professional capability to lead the fight against corruption and hold public officials past and present accountable for their stewardship of public finances.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo made this known Friday February 23, 2018 during the swearing-in of Mr. Amidu as the country\u2019s first Special Prosecutor.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian people, he said, expect the office of the Special Prosecutor to rise to the challenge and to the occasion, collaborating with other existing law enforcement agencies to fight \u201crelentlessly and help eliminate corruption in our public life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He further stated that Mr. Amidu is expected to discharge his duties as the Special Prosecutor \u201cvigorously with courage; without fear or favour, ill-will or malice\u201d in accordance with the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>The establishment of the Special Prosecutor\u2019s office, explained President Akufo-Addo is for a high purpose and must not under any circumstance \u201cbe used as an avenue for persecution or vengeance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Amidu\u2019s swearing in comes in the wake of the latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI) indicting the government of Ghana of doing little to fight the canker.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana was ranked 81 out of 180 countries in the 2017 CPI released on Wednesday by Transparency International, scoring 40 as against last year\u2019s score of 43 and dropping 11 places in the process.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/ARAHrdBk-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It is Ghana\u2019s worst performance in the last six years in its fight against the canker.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, former President Jerry John Rawlings told journalists on the sidelines of a state burial organised for the late Professor Francis Kofi Allotey that President Akufo-Addo\u2019s appointment of Mr. Amidu as Ghana\u2019s first Special Prosecutor is a vindication of the former\u2019s stance as far as corruption is concerned.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the appointment would help \u201crestore integrity back into governance; 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