Deputy Government Spokesperson, Shamima Muslim, has welcomed the ongoing investigations into some appointees of the previous government.
She believes that accountability was a key mandate from the December 2024 elections, and holding these appointees accountable is a step in the right direction that Ghanaians will support.
Speaking Thursday, June 19, 2025, on TV3’s NewDay, the BigIssue segment, Shamima Muslim said the current audit is about holding the previous administration accountable for its performance.
“One of the three legs of the 2024 elections, especially the NDC manifesto, was accountability. Even as we spoke about resetting Ghana, Ghanaians agreed that we must hold everyone accountable, especially those who were in the previous administration because it is their administration that is currently under audit,” she stated.
She further explained that the President has warned that the accountability process will not be limited to the previous administration, but will also extend to current appointees.
“Even us, H.E says that, he continuously repeat that any member of his government who also fall short of the ethical and expected standards would be held to the same standards. So by all means let the law work for everyone equally,” she added.
Muslim discarded the notion that some people are above the law and cannot be probed for their stewardship.
“Let not some people be above the law. And if you look at the trajectory of the case, I think that the jury is in favour of the OSP that he hasn’t quite breached the rights of anyone.”
Her comments come after the Human Rights Court dismissed an application by former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, which sought to prevent the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) from declaring him wanted ahead of his scheduled appearance on June 2, 2025.
Ofori-Atta, who is facing multiple investigations by the OSP and other state agencies related to his tenure, had asked the court to stop the OSP from issuing a “wanted” notice and circulating his image online.
He is currently the subject of an active Interpol Red Notice, and extradition proceedings have begun with the relevant authorities to secure his return to Ghana.
The dismissed application forms part of a series of civil suits he has filed against the OSP and the Republic, either to halt its operations or challenge the issuance of arrest warrants in the ongoing probes.
