Video: I’ve no problem with thieves who invest in Ghana – Ken Agyapong
New Patriotic Party (NPP) firebrand Kennedy Agyapong has strongly
condemned public officials who dip their hands into state coffers and
invest in other countries.
The Assin Central MP, who has been at the forefront in exposing
corruption, averred he is totally against the act, but will prefer to
have corrupt persons investing within the country to those stashing the
loot in foreign bank accounts.
He alleged former National Democratic Congress (NDC) officials
looted state funds and have used them to acquire properties in Dubai and
other countries.
“Now the safe haven is Dubai. I know all the NDC people with
properties in Dubai. Although I’m against corruption, I don’t find a
problem with a Ghanaian who has stolen and invest here in Ghana than
those who steal and go and keep it in US, Europe and Dubai or wherever,”
the maverick politician said in an interview with Nana Aba Anamoah on
GHOne TV’s State of Affairs.
According to Mr. Agyapong, corruption has eaten into the fibre of
the Ghanaian society and will take a lot of concerted effort to address
the canker.
“And given opportunity to this government, some of them if they make
the money they’ll go and put it there. So I’m not blaming only NDC.
It’s our mindset,” the NPP lawmaker noted.
“We don’t think of the nation. We think of ourselves first and that’s
dangerous. A lot of the politicians who steal don’t use the money for
anything, but save them at the banks.”
Touching on his candid outbursts, Mr. Agyapong insisted he is a
principled person and will never keep mum over issues that will affect
his party and the country as a whole. According to him, he takes his own
NPP on publicly because most of the officials fail to listen to him in
private.
He promised to continue touching lives, especially those in his
constituency in the Central region.
Asked whether he has ambition to become Ghana’s president, he opined: “I don’t have time to run for a president. If I want to I will do it just for four years and you’ll see the difference. I want to make money and help people.”
Asked whether he has ambition to become Ghana’s president, he opined: “I don’t have time to run for a president. If I want to I will do it just for four years and you’ll see the difference. I want to make money and help people.”
Watch full interview below:
Source: Starrfmonline.com
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