General News of Thursday, 4 October 2018Source: citinewsroom.comCorruption fight goes beyond Martin Amidu – Afriyie AnkrahFormer Youth and Sports Minister, Elvis Afriyie AnkrahFormer Youth and Sports Minister, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, has said that the fight against corruption in Ghana goes beyond Martin Amidu and his Special Prosecutor office. According to him, corruption is deeply stained in Ghana’s political system, and it will only take a complete overhaul of the system to root out corruption. Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, who was speaking on Point Blank segment of Eyewitness News on Wednesday said the way multi-party democracy is practiced in Ghana literally makes it impossible to deal with corruption even with the set up of specialized institutions. And in the process, some of us almost lost our lives because then there were pressures from within and without because you are cutting off the source of funding of both parties, they will come after you,” Afriyie Ankrah added. Martin Amidu’s workMartin Amidu, who was appointed by President Akufo-Addo as an independent prosecutor to fight corruption has for several months complained about the lack of logistics and staff to work with.

Source: GhanaWeb October 04, 2018 07:41 UTC