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IMANI Africa’s Founding President, Franklin Cudjoe, has issued a stinging critique of the unchecked flow of illicit money in Ghanaian politics, warning that the country has “lost the battle” to enforce transparency and accountability in campaign financing.
His comments come amid a heated exchange between Gomoa Central MP Kwame Asare-Obeng (A Plus) and Attorney General Dr Dominic Ayine over alleged corruption and misuse of campaign donations.
Taking to Facebook, Cudjoe lamented Ghana’s deteriorating standards in political ethics, saying:
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“We have lost the battle against the light needed to be shone on illicit funds in our politics.”
He slammed political actors who, despite questionable financial histories, are now posturing as anti-corruption champions.
“Someone I asked to tell us the source of her multimillion-dollar campaign war chest for a failed MP project is so loud berating the AG to investigate himself,” Cudjoe wrote. “Reminds me of pickpockets actively busy with their trade while watching arrested pickpockets being hanged in the public square.”
The controversy began when A Plus accused Dr Ayine of directing proceeds from the Sanitation Levy to a close associate and accepting questionable campaign donations. Dr Ayine categorically denied the claims at a press conference on April 30.
“I was never involved in the passage of the sanitation levy,” Ayine said. “If receiving donations for your campaign or getting a pickup is thievery or corruption, then there are 276 thieves in Parliament, including the person who made the allegation.”
He stressed that the accusations were baseless and politically motivated, insisting his record remains clean.
Amid the fallout, Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has announced plans to convene a private meeting with both A Plus and Dr Ayine in a bid to de-escalate tensions and prevent further damage to Parliament’s reputation.
Cudjoe’s sharp commentary has rekindled debate on the urgent need for campaign finance reform in Ghana. Analysts and civil society groups have long raised concerns that unregulated campaign money opens the door for corruption, state capture, and policy manipulation.
Ghana currently lacks strict campaign finance disclosure laws, allowing political candidates to receive vast, often untraceable, sums from private individuals, corporations, and foreign entities.
“Until we hold all politicians to the same standard of accountability, this cycle of hypocrisy and shadow funding will continue to corrode our democracy,” Cudjoe warned.
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