A Law Lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, Dr Nuhu Yidana has advised Parliament to establish laws preventing conflicts of interest.
According to him, until such laws are established to curb issues of conflict of interest, these issues might never be resolved.
Speaking on Joy News’ The Pulse he said, “I think the recommendation will be simply we actually having a law in place, making it an offense for you to actually involve direct family relations, in relation to such contractural dealings becuase the amount involved is huge, is a big burden to the Ghanaian society or the Ghanaian community.
“Again, not only that, we should extend it to wide so that it covers all other aspect of public sector management activities that way we will spill down the extent to which the corrupt dealings go on.”
He explained that when family members are involved in contracts and fail to execute them, it is difficult to prosecute them. However, if laws are in place, these issues can be addressed.
Dr Yidana comments follows the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) naming former President John Dramani Mahama as the individual referenced as 'Government official 1' in the Airbus bribery scandal, however, there is nothing to show that he was paid any bribes.
This conclusion, according to the Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng, follows extensive investigation spanning four years by his office.
Addressing the media in Accra, Mr Agyebeng explained that the investigation into the scandal and the revelation of the identities of the persons involved were necessary due to the public interest in the issue.
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