Ghanaian reggae and dancehall musician Emmanuel Andrews Sammini, popularly known as Samini, has expressed support for the ongoing anti-corruption initiative dubbed Operation Recover All Loots.
According to him, he is pleased with efforts by the Office of the Attorney General and other investigative bodies to prosecute individuals alleged to have misappropriated public funds.
Speaking on Accra-based JoyPrime on Wednesday, June 18, the award-winning artiste described the prosecutions as one of the positive aspects of the John Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government.
“As I speak to you, currently what we are seeing — I’m a happy Ghanaian, and I like the fact that people are being brought to book and justice is being served, or it seems like justice is going to be served. Things like that, I am for. I won’t sit here and be, you know, walking on eggshells because I think that maybe a certain favourite of mine might be in trouble,” he said.
Samini stressed the need for public officials to be held accountable when they abuse their positions.
“I believe that if you are put in public office, it is your responsibility to serve Ghana — and I live in Ghana — and to protect the public purse. If you come and do anything dubious, you should be brought to book,” he stated.
Known to be a sympathiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Samini added that he is open to supporting any political movement whose policies reflect the genuine interests of Ghanaians.
“If the New Force comes out with policies that make me believe they stand the chance of giving us the best when it comes to governance and leadership in the country, I’ll definitely go for that,” he said.
The comments come at a time when the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) and the Office of the Attorney General are prosecuting former public officials over alleged misappropriated public funds.
These include the alleged misappropriation of over GHC49.1 million by former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau, Kwabena Adu-Boahen, and his wife.
The GHC548 million National Service Secretariat ghost names scandal is also under prosecution.
