President John Dramani Mahama said Friday that any of his own appointees found to have abused public trust would face the same accountability as officials from the previous government.
The pledge came alongside a separate point he was making, that his administration’s anti-corruption drive is not designed to target political opponents, and the two threads together add up to a broader claim than either one alone. “The sword does not cut only one way,” Mahama said, addressing residents during a citizens’ engagement on his Reset Tour in the Volta Region, adding that current officials serving under his government would face the same scrutiny as anyone else if evidence of wrongdoing emerged against them.
On the narrower question of political targeting, Mahama rejected the idea that prosecutions under his government amount to hounding opponents, saying decisions to proceed rest on evidence gathered and weighed by state institutions rather than on who is implicated. He said agencies such as the Economic and Organised Crime Office and the Office of the Special Prosecutor typically spend months reviewing evidence before an arrest is made public, and that people who believe they have been unfairly prosecuted retain the right to seek redress through the courts.
Mahama framed accountability as a continuing priority for his government rather than a settled achievement, saying no public official would be shielded from investigation once credible evidence exists. His remarks come as public debate continues over a string of corruption investigations involving officials and individuals connected to the previous administration, a backdrop that has fed the criticism his comments on Friday were meant to answer directly.
