President Akufo-Addo says he is leaving it to Ghanaians to decide whether they would prefer a clearing agent or a government official.

He insists that the various allegations of corruption directed at him are completely false.

The president believes that they are part of a "deliberate, politically motivated effort to stigmatize my government, my family, and myself as corrupt."

“I suspect this is payback for the damaging allegations of corruption levelled against members of the erstwhile Mahama administration, some of which have led to criminal convictions, while others are still being prosecuted in court...

It is important that I reiterate that I will not abandon, under any circumstance, recourse to due process in the fight against corruption. Be that, as it may, in any event, I will leave it to the judgment of the Ghanaian public and people to decide whether it is preferable to be a Clearing Agent or Government Official 1.”

The president made this statement at the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) Conference in Kumasi.