ORAL team has received over 700 petitions

The Chairman of the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) Committee, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has disclosed that the committee is finalizing its report, which will soon be submitted to President John Dramani Mahama.

According to Ablakwa, the committee has received over 700 petitions from the public, which are currently under review.

Speaking in an interview with Citi News, the North Tongu Member of Parliament emphasized that the committee’s mandate is to ensure accountability and maintain checks on government officials.

“We are still compiling all the cases, and we will be presenting our report to the president soon. What I can tell you, avoiding specifics, is to say that so far, in terms of the petitions that have come in, they are over 700, and it has been really such a daunting task, but there is the political will,” Ablakwa stated.

He expressed enthusiasm for the committee’s work, noting the continuity of commitment from their time in opposition to their current role in government. “We are all passionate about this. And what I like about what is going on is that we have the opportunity to show the same passion that we exhibited in opposition. Now that we are in government, we are committed to this. And what this does is that it serves as a deterrent to those of us coming into government.”

Ablakwa further revealed that the committee is set to begin the validation process to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the information gathered.

“We are hoping to be wrapping up soon in the next couple of weeks. We believe that we have gathered enough. We are now virtually done with a field validation in the capital where a lot of the looting happened, but we also have reports from across the country. So, in the next few days, from this weekend, we are going out of the capital to carry out the validation sessions. We will make sure that all the regions are visited where we have received reports from,” he explained.

The ORAL Committee’s work aims to reinforce transparency and deter corruption while holding public officials accountable for any misconduct.

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