Political Looters to Blame for Poverty.

Byline: Ebenezer Hanson

"The bane of Ghana's economy is the stealing of state resources by public officials, and unless we stopped this act of looting the country, there is no hope for this country no matter the government which is in power."

This blunt assertion was made by no other person than the "anti-corruption crusader", Hon. Paul Collins Appiah-Ofori, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Asikuma/ Odoben/Brakwa in the Central Region.

In an interview with Public Agenda on Media and Development, Hon. Appiah-Ofori regretted that some media houses are abdicating their constitutional responsibility of exposing some of the criminals in the system.

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