The newly appointed Chairperson of the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) Team, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has decried the state of Ghana's public finances under the outgoing Akufo-Addo administration.

Speaking on Joy News' PM Express with Evans Mensah on Wednesday, he revealed that the ORAL Team is determined to gather evidence on corruption cases and submit it to relevant institutions for further action.

Mr Ablakwa lamented what he described as a betrayal of trust by the outgoing administration. "When President Akufo-Addo was coming to office, he said he would protect the public purse.

He called on all of us to join him in that noble endeavour. "Unfortunately, something happened along the way, and the purse rather had to be protected from him," he stated.