Ghana's President Sacks Minister Over Corruption but Jonathan Is Keeping Stella Oduah

When you hear that Nigerians are running to Ghana for education and business, it is because they have good and patriotic leaders who do not take their people for granted as is being done by Nigerian leaders.

As you read this, Ghana's President John Mahama sacked the Deputy Minister of Communications, Victoria Hammah without 24 hours after she was involved in a scandal that is not even close to what Stella Oduah did to our common wealth in Nigeria.

Ghana's president sacked the woman for just making a statement that suggests corruption...

 

Last week, a taped conversation that Victoria Hammah had with someone, in which she allegedly said she would not leave politics until she had made $1m (about N156m), leaked. And by Friday, she was sacked by the President to prevent her from being tempted to be corrupt.

According to a Punch report, this is coming at a time that Nigerians are impatiently awaiting a decisive step by President Goodluck Jonathan over the role of the Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, in the purchase of two cars at a mind-boggling cost of about N255m.

Interestingly, Victoria Hammah and Stella Oduah are said to have played similar active roles in the elections of their respective principals, but the President of Ghana did not allow such sentiments to confuse him.

"On this bulletproof cars matter, we have wasted a lot of time, and we have yet to take a decision on it. One of the issues we need to address is: Were they provided for in the budget? Who approved the purchase? Does the person have the authority to do so? 

"Whoever committed a crime in the whole matter should be made to face the punishment due to anyone in that circumstance. The President has delayed too much on the matter."

Says Obo Effanga of the Action Aid International, Nigeria.