{Ghana’s President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo says he will set up a special team to investigate corruption but said it would not be a “witch-hunt”.}<\/p>\n
He said his government would distance itself by allowing an independent prosecutor to investigate cases and make its own decisions.<\/p>\n
Mr Akufo-Addo defeated incumbent John Dramani Mahama in last week’s election.
\nMr Mahama has been accused of not tackling a series of corruption scandals.<\/p>\n
In an interview with the BBC’s Akwasi Sarpong in his home in Accra, Mr Akufo-Addo outlined how he intended to deliver the promises he made to Ghanaians which earned him the presidency.<\/p>\n
“As a matter of principle, we have decided to take the politics out of it, so that screams of witch-hunting … don’t arise, by establishing an office of special prosecutor,” he said.<\/p>\n
He said the prosecutor would be “somebody who will be independent of the executive and whose remit will be to investigate and tackle issues of corruption”.<\/p>\n
He also warned that people in his government would not be “immune from investigation merely because we are politicians”.<\/p>\n
Mr Akufo-Addo is to be sworn in on 7 January.<\/p>\n
He gained 54% of the vote, while Mr Mahama took 44%.<\/p>\n
He had been defeated in the two previous elections.<\/p>\n
{{Who is Nana Akufo-Addo?}}<\/p>\n
72 years-old<\/p>\n
Human rights lawyer<\/p>\n
Campaigned for a return to multi-party democracy under military rule<\/p>\n
Former justice and foreign minister in the NPP government from 2001 to 2007<\/p>\n
Main promise: Build a factory in each of Ghana’s more than 200 districts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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