Ghana: Call for Sipa Yankey's Removal Is Proper

19 October 2012
editorial

The fight against corruption calls for constant vigilance on the part of all duty bearers if the social and economic canker is to be at least minimised to tolerable levels if not completely rooted out from the Ghanaian society. It has been said times without number that the underdevelopment confronting many African countries is attributable to corruption in high places. Thus any move or attempt to ensure transparency in any state's undertaking is most welcomed.

It is against this background that Public Agenda wholly agrees to the call by the Civil Society Platform on oil and Gas (CSPOG) that Dr George Sipa Yankey, the Chief Executive Officer of Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC), must resign his position over alleged fraud in respect of the construction of a gas processing plant in the Western Region and pave way for investigations into the matter to take place.

...

Tagged:

AllAfrica publishes around 400 reports a day from more than 100 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.

Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.