The Deputy Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) says the fight against corruption in Ghana might be won by working together.
Mr. Richard A. Quayson explained that over time people have become more aware of the negative effects of corruption and the tools for reporting such offences, including whistleblowing.
“Most institutions have or are in the process of establishing safe corruption reporting mechanisms at the workplace,” Mr. Quayson said during a stakeholders’ engagement session organised by the Ghana News Agency.
He spoke on the topic: “Is the fight against corruption a mirage or reality 30 years under the Fourth Republic?”
Mr. Quayson said many institutions that generated revenue had gone digital, eliminating the potential for malfeasance.
The Public Service Integrity Programme’s (PSIP) implementation of the conflict of interest rule, the gift policy, and the asset declaration system outlined in the code of conduct for public servants, according to Mr. Quayson, has increased the dispute.
The Judicial Service’s Electronic Case Distribution System has been made available to all superior and circuit courts, according to the CHRAJ Deputy Commissioner to prevent practises that favour judicial corruption.
He said that the adoption of sexual harassment policies by more institutions, the creation of integrity awards, the enforcement of pertinent laws, and the rise of investigative journalism and media exposés all represented progress.
He said because corruption undermined national advances, he appealed to all Ghanaians to join the fight to eradicate it for the sake of the country’s next generation.
Mr. Quayson said the country’s socioeconomic development was being severely harmed by the money being lost to corruption.
The GNA Tema Regional Manager, Mr. Francis Ameyibor, pleaded with both public and commercial institutions to work effectively with the media in their initiatives and programmes to combat corruption.
Mr. Ameyibor urged stakeholders to work together to fight corruption, adding that the fight against corruption would be ineffective without the media raising awareness of the dangers of corruption and the responsibility of every citizen to combat it.
Source: GNA
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I can't understand why bribery and corruption are misdemeanors in our law books? These two destroy nations, destinies and livelihoods and we think they should be classified as misdemeanors? Classify bribery and corruption as treasonable offence and let us see if things don't change! The laws to fight corruption are not deterrent enough! And the effects of corruption are far worst than the offence of high treason because those who engage in corruption pose far more threat to the state than a soldier who takes up a gun. How many lives can that soldier target? But corruption destroys everything that is good for a nation!
Unless some laws of this country are change we can never fight corruption . Every government sector is corrupt . Our leaders just do the talking they are all indulge in corruption .If Leadership are honest it will move down to the lowest person . IGP, Judiciary ,EOCO ,Auditor General , etc should not be appointed. Our leaders take Ghana money keep them in 'ghana must go', indulge in third party conflict of interest, inflate price of project, take 50% from contractors ,creating personal account from investors ,etc So how can the country get money at the end pressure is mount on the ordinary ghanaian suffers ; pay more taxes , increase in taxes , things becomes costly. Ghana is preforming better most African countries but our current leadership are very greedy ,they want all for themselves .This is dangerous for the future of Ghana .