You see V8s all over the ministries, it's bad - Legal expert cries over corruption in Ghana

You see V8s all over the ministries, it's bad - Legal expert cries over corruption in Ghana

- Lawyer Matin Kpebu is worried about how taxes are spent in Ghana

- The lawyer is mad at the way V8's get parked at various ministries

- Matin Kpebu has praised recent "Fix the Country" protestors for their fight against corruption

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A private legal practitioner, Matin Kpebu, is angry at how the government is spending the taxes of Ghanaians.

Ghana's public debt is currently over 80 percent of Gross Domestic Product. This statistic means that the country uses most of its revenue to pay the debt.

You see V8s all over the ministries, it's bad - Legal expert cries over corruption in Ghana
You see V8s all over the ministries, it's bad - Legal expert cries over corruption in Ghana (Getty Images modified by writer)
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Speaking on the Newsfile show on Joy News, Martin Kpebu cried that wasteful spending is currently the order of the day at various ministries.

"Whenever you go to the Ministries, you see V8s all over the place. It's terrible." Private Legal Practitioner Martin Kpebu cried.

The lawyer praised conveners of the "Fix the country" protest for a successful demonstration against the corruption and economic wors in the country.

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