Deputy Finance Minister Thomas Nyarko Ampem says he is confident the administration of President John Mahama will complete its four-year mandate without a single scandal.
Speaking at the Annual Conference of the African Association of Accountants General in Accra, Mr. Ampem said the government is firmly guided by the President’s strict and repeated warnings to appointees to stay away from corrupt practices.
“It has been 10 months of no scandal. Hopefully, we will end the first year with no scandal. Second year, third year, and the administration will end without a scandal,” he said.
His comments come after President Mahama, on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, issued a strong caution to public officials during a meeting with the Christian Council of Ghana, stressing that anyone caught engaging in corruption under his administration will face severe consequences.
The President noted that he reminds his ministers daily at cabinet meetings not to bring any scandal to his government. According to him, the fight against corruption is not personal but a necessary effort to protect public resources.
“The prosecutions that we are taking against the current government — woe betides the first person who brings a scandal to this government. We shall hang them on a cross, as we follow our Lord Jesus Christ, but they cannot resurrect again,” President Mahama warned.
Reacting to this, Mr. Ampem said the President’s stance has set a new tone for accountability within government.
“He says to us: woe betides any of you who bring scandal to my government. And so, if you meet any appointee, what we say is, ‘Hey, let me be sure that I’m not the first to bring scandal to the President.’ This is putting us on our toes,” he said.
He commended the President for, in his view, offering firm and required leadership on ethical conduct in public office.