The National Chairman of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has rejected suggestions that the John Mahama government has been slow in prosecuting officials of the former government suspected of engaging in corruption.

Some NDC party faithful have expressed concerns over the lack of action against appointees of the Akufo-Addo administration who are believed to have embezzled large sums of state funds.

Certain officials of the former administration have dismissed the Mahama government's efforts, insisting that they cannot be prosecuted.

However, speaking in an interview on Accra FM, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah urged party members to exercise patience as the Attorney General conducts the necessary investigations to ensure that those brought before the courts for corruption will have no escape route.

He added that all corrupt officials from the Akufo-Addo government will have their day in court at the appropriate time.

"I hear the complaints from party members that when it comes to prosecuting people based on oral evidence, we are being slow. Even officials of the erstwhile Akufo-Addo government, whom we suspect have embezzled state funds, claim we cannot prosecute them. I hear all of that.

"The fact is that we are not being slow. We are building a house, and if you don't have a strong foundation, you cannot roof it. John Mahama's government is not out there for applause; we are taking deliberate steps to achieve the desired results, which are lasting. If we rush and put people before the courts, and after three months they are acquitted and discharged, what would we have gained? We are not being slow with prosecution," Asiedu Nketiah stated.

Not even a fly would you be able to prosecute. You just lied to your base for political expediency that's all. pic.twitter.com/nIlHgmwPgM

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