My government will retrieve wealth wrongly acquired – Mahama
The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama has vowed that his next government will work with relevant institutions to take back monies and properties acquired through unlawful and corrupt means if he assumes office as president after the December 7 general elections.
Mr Mahama condemned the increasing cases of corruption which is being witnessed under the current Akufo-Addo government.
Former President Mahama in a live broadcast themed ‘Mahama Conversations,’ said his administration will ensure that every wrongly acquired wealth is retrieved.
“Notwithstanding all these socio-economic difficulties, the young people continue to observe the opulence of the [New Patriotic Party] administration’s officials and their families chartering private jets at $20,000 per hour for trips that our own Falcon Executive Jet could have done.
“And as the Minister for Defence explained, it the (Falcon Executive Jet) had no shower for a presidential bath. Ghana’s youth have further experienced how a minister could stash millions of dollars in her home and only God knows the full extent of Ghanaian taxpayers’ money that has been stashed away by many others.
“But I say to the good people of Ghana that, working with Ghanaians and international anti-corruption partners, we shall do all that is humanly possible to retrieve such wrongly acquired wealth.”
