Joyce Bawah, Special Adviser to President John Mahama, has announced that the work of ORAL (Office of the Registrar of Anti-Corruption Levies) will cease with the appointment of an Attorney General. According to Bawah, ORAL was established to combat corruption in transactions, reflecting the NDC administration’s commitment to fighting corruption, which she believes is often underrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bawah explained that ORAL’s primary objective was to identify and replace individuals involved in corrupt practices. However, its primary function was to gather evidence to submit to the Attorney General’s office for further action. President Mahama is currently considering incorporating the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to strengthen ORAL’s capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bawah also mentioned that former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu resigned due to his accusations against the former president, which he believed hindered his ability to establish a strong anti-corruption framework. Amidu’s resignation highlights the challenges faced by anti-corruption agencies in Ghana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mahama’s Administration to Discontinue ORAL with Attorney General’s Appointment<\/p>\n
Joyce Bawah, Special Adviser to President John Mahama, has announced that the work of ORAL (Office of the Registrar of Anti-Corruption Levies) will cease with the appointment of an Attorney General. According to Bawah, ORAL was established to combat corruption in transactions, reflecting the NDC administration’s commitment to fighting corruption, which she believes is often underrated.<\/p>\n
Bawah explained that ORAL’s primary objective was to identify and replace individuals involved in corrupt practices. However, its primary function was to gather evidence to submit to the Attorney General’s office for further action. President Mahama is currently considering incorporating the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to strengthen ORAL’s capabilities.<\/p>\n
Bawah also mentioned that former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu resigned due to his accusations against the former president, which he believed hindered his ability to establish a strong anti-corruption framework. Amidu’s resignation highlights the challenges faced by anti-corruption agencies in Ghana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4287,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4284"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4289,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4284\/revisions\/4289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}