[ 2014-10-21 ]

Martin Amidu, Manasseh Azure Awuni, Anas to be awarded for fighting corruption
Former Attorney-General Martin Amidu and
journalists Manasseh Azure Awuni and Anas Aremeyaw
Anas are to be awarded for their tireless campaign
against corruption in the country.

Key civil society organizations and private
companies, as part of the awards ceremony, are
embarking on a march Tuesday in honour of the
three.

The Trades Union Congress (TUC), Centre of
Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Ghana
Integrity Initiative (GII), Ghana Anti-corruption
Coalition (GAC), Private Enterprises Foundation
(PEF), Christian Council of Ghana with sponsorship
from Star-Ghana are organizing the awards
ceremony.

The organizers say the three have demonstrated an
unparalleled commitment to fighting corruption in
the country.

Former A-G, Martin Amidu earned national respect
for pursuing persons and institutions that
received wrongful payments of large sums of money
from the state under the guise of judgment debts
or settlement agreements.

He went to the Supreme Court after he was sacked
in dramatic circumstances following public claims
that his efforts to prevent corruption in
government were being thwarted by some unnamed
ministers of state.

Mr. Amidu sought and obtained declarations that
payments to international firms, Isofoton,
Waterville, and businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome
had no constitutional basis.

Joy FM’s Manasseh Azure Awuni through his
investigative work, exposed widespread corruption
and thefts at the Savannah Accelerated Development
Authority (SADA), the Ghana Youth Employment and
Entrepreneurial Development (GYEEDA), and Korle-Bu
Teaching Hospital amongst others.

The revelations forced reform in some of the
institutions and the cancellation of some
contracts.

Anas Aremeyaw Anas, reputed for his undercover
investigations, also shone light on cocoa
smuggling, stealing at the Tema Port, amongst
others.

These individuals, the organizers say, deserve to
be celebrated for fighting corruption which has
become a cancerous tumor in Ghana.

The awardees will receive citations at Tuesday’s
event at the Efua Sutherland Children’s Park.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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