Franklin Cudjoe Urges Adwoa Safo to Share Corruption Findings with ORAL
Franklin Cudjoe, President of IMANI-Africa, has urged former Gender, Children, and Social Protection Minister Adwoa Safo to present her claims of corruption within the school feeding programme to Operation Recover All Loots (ORAL). He emphasized that full disclosure of her findings is vital for ensuring accountability and promoting governance reforms.
Speaking on The Big Issue on Channel One TV on March 22, Cudjoe stressed the need to make Safo’s allegations public and to ensure a thorough investigation.
“I was really interested in Adwoa’s account of what might have happened with the School Feeding Fund. I believe she should either send the report to ORAL or share the details about when these audits were done so we can access the audit reports. These are the things we need to hear,” he stated.
His comments came after Safo, in a March 19 interview with Wontumi TV, accused Ghana’s school feeding programme of being plagued by corruption and mismanagement. She revealed that former President Nana Akufo-Addo had instructed her to audit the programme before releasing funds to her ministry, but claimed that after submitting the audit report to the Cabinet, the President distanced himself from the directive due to internal government pressure.
Cudjoe linked Safo’s revelations to the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) defeat in the 2024 elections, arguing that corruption played a major role in the loss. He also questioned the party’s reluctance to embrace transparency, suggesting the NPP must confront corruption openly.
“Unless the NPP thinks it’s a secret organization—though it’s not, since their motto is ‘Development in Freedom’—if you’re conducting an investigation like this, you need to be ready for full transparency,” he added.
Cudjoe also criticized the backlash against Safo for speaking out, pointing out that some party figures who raise corruption concerns often do so without facing similar scrutiny.
“If those who are now criticizing her had done their best, I don’t think she would have felt the need to speak the way she did,” he concluded.
