I lost most of my friends because of Mahama’s appointment – Batidam reveals

Daniel Batidam, former corruption adviser to the President John Mahama, has revealed that he lost a lot of friends by accepting that appointment.

The governance expert told Daniel Dadzie on the Super Morning Show on Joy FM that as an anti-corruption activist, his friends didn’t expect him to accept a political appointment.

When he accepted to be former President Mahama’s advisor on anti-corruption and governance, most of his friends severed ties with him, he noted.

“If you know the bashing I got…I even lost some friends including journalist Manasseh Azure but I’ve reconciled with him,” Mr Batidam revealed.

He was responding to whether he would accept another appointment to work with a different government.

He argued that the populace must discard the idea that anti-corruption activists must not take part in Public Service. “…it’s a dangerous path,” he said.

Daniel Batidam recently quit as Ghana and West Africa’s representative on the AU Advisory Board on Corruption; citing deep-seated corruption, lack of accountability among others at the secretariat of the board and at the AU Commission for his action.

Source: Myjoyonline.com