Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, has suggested that President-Elect John Dramani Mahama’s Operation Recover-All-Lot anti-corruption initiative, which is aimed at recovering monies stolen from the country through corrupt activities, would not work.

According to him, a look at the history of loot recovery programmes implemented in the country shows how inefficient such initiatives have been.

He indicated that loot recovery in the country has become a cycle where political parties in government chase officials of a previous government, accusing them of looting the country’s resources.

“Those who don’t learn from history are condemned to repeat it. What’s the history of so-called ‘loot recovery’?

“It’s a cycle where the recoverers become the looters and the looters become the recoverers. It’s we citizens who lose when the bandits who have now become friends walk off and laugh at us,” he wrote in a post shared on X on December 24, 2024.

Kofi Bentil cited the case of Alfred Woyome as an example of how the political class, especially the two leading political parties, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP), have been taking advantage of the people of Ghana.

He added that for the country to be able to stop the looting by politicians, it must take a critical look at the two major political parties.

“To those rolling their eyes, ask yourself, What happened to Woyome? Today he has reappeared in NDC politics. We need a serious look at both major parties! And a way to ensure they stop the looting musical chairs! We citizens lose, and the politicians take turns to rob us!”

The IMANI vice president made these remarks while reacting to an assertion by US-based Ghanaian lawyer and scholar, Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare, widely known as Kwaku Azar, that loot recovery is important in a country’s development process.

He said that loot recovery helps build confidence in public authority and also ensures fairness in the governance process.

“Loot recovery is an essential pillar of our developmental agenda and must be pursued with unwavering determination, transparency, and a commitment to justice. It is not only a moral imperative but also a strategic necessity to rebuild public trust, enhance governance, and create a fairer society where resources are used for the benefit of all, not the enrichment of a few.

“There is no need for apprehension—those who have not looted have nothing to worry about. However, those who have should brace themselves for the sleepless nights they rightfully deserve,” Azar wrote on X on December 24.

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