The Executive Director of the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Mary Addah, has praised the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government for demonstrating a strong commitment to the fight against corruption, particularly through its 2025 budget allocations.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s special review of President John Dramani Mahama’s first 120 days in office, Addah said the budget reflects a clear effort to move anti-corruption promises from the NDC’s manifesto into actionable policies, especially by strengthening oversight institutions.
“Judging by the budget, you also then see reflected manifesto promises that are supposed to be implemented, and one that comes to mind quickly is building or strengthening the anti-corruption institutions to be able to do their work,” she stated.
She highlighted the significant increase in funding for anti-corruption agencies as a strong signal of the administration’s seriousness in tackling graft.
“You realise that even the budget allocations for these institutions were increased significantly. So it means that government commitment to prosecute the agenda of anti-corruption is great,” she said.
Addah admitted that while there were initial concerns about how these commitments would be implemented, the budget presentation offered much-needed clarity.
“We were a little worried about how this was going to be done but clarity was given in the budget presentation,” she explained.
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