Former President John Mahama has bemoaned what he says is the weakened approach by the media in the fight against corruption in the country.
According to him, some media practitioners are paid to vilify their colleagues who are working hard to expose graft in the country.
“The media have a key role to play in the fight against corruption it is, therefore, sad that when a media person has investigated issues to do with corruption and is exposing such rot it is his own colleagues that are also media persons who are paid to vilify him and attack him. This is a paradox of our situation,” Mr Mahama said at 88th Annual National Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission Ghana.
He added: “The media in chapter 12 of our Constitution is given the role of a watchdog, a watchdog is a dog that guards your property against thieves and so the constitution says the media shall be the watchdogs of the people over government to make sure government does the right thing and does not misuse our money and yet you find in many cases where the media is rather the watchdog of government against the people. And that is also a paradox of the situation we face currently.”
Mr. Mahama also urged religious and traditional leaders to be bold in criticising what he says is the worrying levels of nepotism and corruption in Ghana today.
“Nepotism doesn’t become right because a different government is in power and our religious and traditional leaders must have the
Source: Ghanaweb.com
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Why can't u post with your name? This shows u are extremely corrupt. Onaapo, Pito kawa, Waa look and ohene, bow in shame.
Mahama, mahama, aaabaaa mahama. corruptionnn? even your speech is corrupttt. So you paid journalists in the past to cover your deeds huh? I am sorry you are NOT fit to lead any country again. You are a mistake of a president.
How many journalists did you paid during your ***barred word*** 4 years?
Whoever is looking for corruption and pass by you John Mahama, doesn’t know what he is after or probably lost. There’s no one who is more corruptt than you John Mahama. We saw what your Brother became during your reign, he was acting as a shadow Vice President. Until you confess your corruptt practices during your term, you have no moral right to to talk about corruption and Nepotism. Stop pontificating as saint because your records are still fresh on our minds.
when I hear this guy talk about corruption I feel like vomiting, some one who institutionalized corruption has the gust to talk about same I don't blame you I blame akuffo addo for allowing these corrupt and thieffs mahama and his appointees walking free on the street of Ghana. What john mahama need to understand is that, the media can't go about making corruption allegations when they have no evidence to that effect, his regime was filthy corrupt to the extent that a child can easily see they were corrupt and thiefffs, ndc was not only corrupt but were cr1minals as well