{"id":704002,"date":"2019-09-12T08:46:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T08:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/12\/the-clearing-agent-has-finally-cleared-himself-brogya-genfi-mocks-akufo-addo\/"},"modified":"2019-09-12T08:46:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T08:46:47","slug":"the-clearing-agent-has-finally-cleared-himself-brogya-genfi-mocks-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/12\/the-clearing-agent-has-finally-cleared-himself-brogya-genfi-mocks-akufo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The clearing agent has finally cleared himself’ – Brogya Genfi mocks Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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General News of Thursday, 12 September 2019<\/p>\n

Source: <\/strong>peacefmonline.com<\/p>\n

2019-09-12<\/p>\n

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\"Brogyaplay video<\/span>Member of NDC’s Communication team, Brogya Genfi<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A member of the communication team of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Brogya Genfi has given President Akufo-Addo tips on how to make his opponents believe that he is really fighting corruption.<\/p>\n

The NDC has continuously attacked the ruling government for what they call the willpower to fight corruption. They have tagged President Akufo-Addo as a \u2018clearing agent\u2019 because they believe anytime an appointee of his is caught in a corrupt act, he is cleared no matter the outcome of a committee\u2019s report or an investigation.<\/p>\n

The President, at a conference in Takoradi, rejected the ‘clearing agent’ tag insisting that he is not in charge of \u2018clearing\u2019 his appointees and that is why he hands them over to the appropriate institutions for further action.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not my job to clear or convict any person accused of wrongdoing, or of engaging in acts of corruption. My job is to act on allegations of corruption by referring to the issue or issues to the proper investigative agencies for the relevant enquiry and necessary action. That is exactly what has been done since I assumed the mantle of leadership on 7th January 2017″.<\/p>\n

“If an appointee is cleared of any wrongdoing, the evidence adduced and recommendations made by these agencies, after the investigations are concluded, are what clear the accused persons, not myself. None of these agencies has ever indicated any pressure from the Executive over their investigations,\u201d he indicated at the 2019 Conference of the Ghana Bar Association in the Western Region.<\/p>\n

But contributing to Wednesday\u2019s edition of Peace FM’s morning show \u2018Kokrokoo\u2019, Brogya Genfi said: \u201cIf he wants us to believe that he\u2019s really fighting corruption, he should first make every report on alleged corrupt officials public.\u201d<\/p>\n