Prof. Emeritus Stephen Adei, a renowned Ghanaian economist and former Board Chair of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has criticized President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for failing to address corrupt practices under his watch.
According to Prof. Adei, President Akufo-Addo’s anti-corruption endeavours in comparison to the previous administration have not been the best.
He rated the current president five out of ten in his effort to combat corruption.
According to Prof. Adei, merely establishing anti-corruption institutions is insufficient; rather, the crucial factor lies in the determination to combat corruption.
“I will rate him (President Akufo-Addo) about what other presidents had done and in that case, I will rate him five because I think he went up front with these institutions and other things but did not follow through,” he noted in an interview monitored by The Ghana Report on Joy News AM Show.
“For example, I think no matter whatever institutions you establish, if the President who is the head of State says that when you smell corruption, you are going to be out of my sight, if you don’t do that, you can never tackle corruption,” he added.