We’ve received over 700 petitions – ORAL

The Chairman of the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) Committee, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced that the committee will soon present its report to President John Dramani Mahama.

Ablakwa noted that the committee is currently reviewing 700 petitions received from the public.

Speaking to Citi News, the North Tongu MP noted that the committee’s work is aimed at ensuring accountability and keeping government officials in check.

“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.

“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.”

He added that the committee would soon begin the validation process of its work to ensure thoroughness and accuracy in 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.”