The report of the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) Com­mittee will today be presented to President John Dramani Mahama for further action. "Monday, I will be receiving the report of the committee I set up to prepare the way for the imple­mentation of Operation Recover All Loot," the President revealed. "Upon receipt of the report, appropriate actions will be taken against those who are deemed to have acted against the econom­ic and financial interest of this country through corruption and related acts." President Mahama gave this indication at the Presidency in Ac­cra on Friday when he swore into office 17 ministers as he continue to constitute his government.

The ORAL, chaired by the newly sworn-in Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, was set up by the Pres­ident to gather information on persons, especially in the previous government, who may have mis­appropriated public funds.

Other members of the com­mittee are Daniel Yaw Domelevo, a former Auditor-General, COP (Rtd) Nathan Kofi Boakye, Mar­tin Kpebu, a private legal prac­titioner and Raymond Archer, a celebrated investigative journalist.

President Mahama said in as much as it was good to pursue appointees of the previous gov­ernment for allegedly engaging in acts of corruption, appointees of his administration would not be spared the rod of accountability. "While it is all well and good to hold past office holders account­able for their actions, it is even better to prevent the incident of corruption in the first place. "As I've already indicated many times, I'll be holding all my appointees in this government to the strictest standards of account­ability to ensure that the mandate and resources entrusted to us by the people of Ghana go only into working for them and improv­ing their standards of living," he stated.