GH¢21bn Audit: We focus too much on politicians and ignore civil servants – Kofi Bentil

Lawyer and Senior Vice President of IMANI-Africa, Kofi Bentil, has criticised the country’s tendency to focus accountability efforts on politicians while overlooking the role of civil servants in alleged financial irregularities, following revelations from the government’s audit of public claims.


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