Ghana President-elect Mahama Names Anti-corruption Team

Ghanas President-elect John Dramani Mahama has named an anti-corruption team to gather information on suspected graft, his transition team said in a statement on Wednesday.

Mahama, the main opposition candidate in a December 7 presidential election he won with around 56 of the vote, has promised to recover corruption proceeds and hold perpetrators accountable when he assumes office next month.

An anti-graft team has been set up in preparation.

Its chair, MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwah, is the chairman of the parliaments Committee on Assurances who has previously flagged suspected state corruption.

The other three members include a former auditor-general, a private legal practitioner, an investigative journalist and an ex-police officer known for handling high-profile robbery cases.