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PAC hearings are
indicative of commitment to zero tolerance for corruption -
NPP
Ho, Oct. 31, Ghanadot/GNA - The New Patriotic Party (NPP)
has said public hearing of the Public Account Committee
(PAC) of Parliament demonstrated the true commitment of the
party to zero tolerance for corruption.
The party said the exercise was a genuine effort by the
government to reduce corruption to the barest level.
Nana Ohene Ntow, General Secretary of the party, said this
when NPP executive met the media in Ho to clarify the
party's stand on the PAC public hearings.
He said the exercise, which had generated a lot of issues,
was in the supreme interest of the country and called on the
public to show appreciation to the government for the bold
decision.
Nana Ohene Ntow said the ultimate aim of the NPP government
was to strengthen parliament to better scrutinize the
executive and to ensure fairness in government.
He said the exercise constituted a major step in good
governance and the promotion of "real probity and
accountability" because its success would help reduce
corruption substantially and change the character of public
administration.
The general secretary expressed disappointment over public
perceptions about the exercise and how the opposition
National Democratic Congress (NDC) was "deliberately putting
a negative spin" to the hearings in the hope of gaining
political advantage.
Nana Ohene Ntow said the situation had made the exercise to
lose its significance to many Ghanaians and was shrouded in
misconceptions and misperceptions.
He said it must be clear that the public hearings were made
possible by the majority NPP in parliament and deserved
commendation from the public more so when government limited
the hearings to only the last seven years when the NPP
government took over power.
Nana Ohene Ntow said though reports revealed that the
corrupt system had existed for a long time before the NPP
came to power it was the party's decision to overlook
corrupt happenings that took place before it took power for
the exercise not to be seen as political gimmick.
He expressed the hope that the public would do honest
appraisal of the exercise as well as the NPP government's
general performance in terms of governance, economic
development and the general social transformation and show
appreciation by voting massively for the party in the 2008
general elections.
GNA
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