The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has criticized President John Dramani Mahama’s establishment of the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) Committee, describing it as a tool for political persecution.

Addressing journalists in Accra on February 13, NPP National Organiser Henry Nana Boakye, popularly known as Nana B, accused the Mahama administration of failing in the fight against corruption.

“President Mahama’s administration is a growing disaster, particularly in the fight against corruption. The government-established ORAL Committee, for us, it looks like the committee was just set up as a political persecution mechanism.”

He further accused the government of selectively targeting NPP officials while neglecting cases involving its own appointees.

“The ORAL committee didn’t find it appropriate to tell Ghanaians where Sedina Tamakloe is.”

On April 16, 2024, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, was sentenced to 10 years in prison with hard labor.

The trial, which began in 2019, featured six state witnesses. Tamakloe-Attionu was tried in absentia after she fled the country following court approval for a medical check-up abroad.

Her conviction stemmed from the misappropriation of funds allocated for MASLOC activities between 2013 and 2016.

In one instance, she and her co-convict withdrew GH?500,000 as a loan from Obaatampa Savings and Loans but later demanded a refund when the institution refused to provide a 24% interest rate. Although evidence of the refund was presented, the amount was never recorded in MASLOC’s accounts.