Deputy National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Malik Basintale, has issued a strong warning to individuals expected to join the John Dramani Mahama administration.

During an appearance on TV3 on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, Basintale stressed that any appointee found guilty of corruption or mismanaging public funds would be prosecuted, no matter their position.

He further stated that those involved in such misconduct would be held accountable under the Operation Recover All the Loot (ORAL) initiative and face the full force of the law.

“I'm passionate about Operation Recover All the Loot (ORAL) and I feel people must be held accountable not just persons from the NPP, but even persons from the NDC who decide to misappropriate funds. Let me sound that caution, if John Mahama appoints you and you come into office to loot, we will bring you out of the office and hold you accountable. We will let the laws deal with you,” he warned.

Basintale emphasized that John Mahama had a proven history of holding corrupt officials accountable during his prior tenure, noting that Mahama himself is free from corruption. He further underscored the need to uphold this standard of integrity in the upcoming administration.

“President Mahama has said it and we will rehash it because this is not a man that is going to tolerate a single iota of corruption under his government. President Mahama will never be called a mother serpent of corruption. He is going to fight corruption; face it head on and he has demonstrated that before and he will repeat it.

“If you know you are coming to work under President Mahama’s administration and the intention is to create, loot, and share then please you better wait after 50 years because that administration has passed and is about leaving office. You can come and start looting maybe when we are tired of governance but if you think you can loot under Mahama’s governance then forget it because if you do, ORAL will deal with you like it is going to deal with the NPP appointees and yours will be worse because we need to use you to set an example to the Ghanaian people that Mahama is coming to develop the country, progress the economy, transform Ghana and the man to take us to the promise land,” he stated.