Kwamena Duncan (L) and President John Dramani Mahama (R)
A former Central Regional Minister under the erstwhile New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration, Kwamena Duncan, has criticised President John Dramani Mahama over his recent comments about the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
President Mahama recently lamented that there should be a process to fast-track the prosecution of state officials who engage in financial malpractices exposed by the Auditor-General’s report and that they should subsequently appear before the PAC.
However, his comments did not sit well with Duncan.
Speaking on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo morning show on October 15, 2025, Duncan asserted that if President Mahama truly had integrity in fighting corruption, he would have started from his own party.
He referenced several high-profile cases that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government discontinued after assuming office, describing them as clear examples of selective justice.
According to him, such cases should have been allowed to continue through the courts so that the judiciary could determine whether those involved were guilty or innocent without interference from the state.
He further argued that President Mahama had no moral right to complain about delays at the PAC when his government had entered nolle prosequi (discontinuation of prosecution) in cases involving NDC officials such as Ato Forson and others.
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“If there is anyone who should be in Nsawam Prison, it should be President Mahama himself because, in my view, he was involved in the purchase of aeroplanes for the Armed Forces,” he stated.
He alleged that since the current Attorney General assumed office, over GH₵7 billion worth of government personalities involved in various corruption cases had been freed through nolle prosequi, including cases involving the Minister of Finance, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, and the former Minister of Works and Housing, among others.
“We are talking about the country’s resources and yet, individuals standing trial for sums totaling over GH₵7 billion have been freed by the state.
“If they truly had integrity, the judicial system itself should have cleared them. But instead, the state withdrew, entered into a nolle prosequi in the cases and now you’re complaining about the Public Accounts Committee? Why were the NDC people freed? Don’t they also deserve a fast-track trial?” Duncan questioned.
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