Ken Ofori-Atta, the Chairman of the Databank Group, has charged on Ghanaians, including the youth, teachers, NGOs, journalists and clerics to stop being quiet and neutral in the search for justice and show some courage and outrage in the face of attacks on integrity in our democracy and the way the nation’s finances are being mishandled.

He said this when he delivered the second of the William Ofori-Atta (Paa Willie) Institute for Integrity Lectures at the British Council Hall, last Tuesday (March 12, 2013).

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The international community, generally, endorsed Ghana’s 2012 elections as  “free and fair.” Ghana, the continent’s star of democracy, had done it once again for Africa. John Mahama, the declared winner, was duly sworn in without any violent protests on January 7, 2013.

But, the country’s biggest opposition party filed a petition in Ghana’s supreme court, (the first of its kind in the country’s history), challenging the presidential results. It is noteworthy that since the first election of Ghana’s Fourth Republic in 1992, 2012 was the only other time that a majority of the political parties (5 out of 7) that participated in the contest had come out to raise major concerns about the conduct of the polls. Indeed, the second runner-up and leader of the Progressive People’s Party, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, is on record as saying, "I have been involved in elections since 1992 and this is the worst in terms of credibility." See link: http://www.theafricareport.com/News-Analysis/ghana-election-results-another-party-backs-npp-fraud-claims.html

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Mr. Chairman, (Dr. Charles Mensa) thank you, it is a real honour to be given this opportunity to contribute to the William Ofori-Atta Centenary Celebration Lectures to honour a truly outstanding Christian Statesman and patriot – Paa Willie.

A man described as the best president Ghana never had; a righteous man, my hero and my hope that through his legacy and inspiration we can as a people be committed to establishing a prosperous society in our generation, which he defined  in his political party’s (United National Convention) one year anniversary message in January 1980 Read More