Ghana must take strong stance against corruption - GACC
Corruption remains the greatest obstacle to the nation’s socio-economic
progress, Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC), an anti-corruption
organisation, has observed.
Mrs Linda Ofori-Kwafo, Executive-Secretary, said there is “a high perception of administrative and bureaucratic corruption in our state institutions and agencies, which needs to be tackled”.
The nation, she said, had since 1960 enacted legislations, policies and anti-corruption organisations, but little had been achieved in curbing the problem in all its forms due to the lack of commitment to implement and enforce those laws.
Mrs Ofori-Kwafo, who was addressing a zonal meeting on corruption at Akyawkrom in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality of the Ashanti Region, said it is time for the leadership and the citizenry in general tackled the issue head-on for the effective disbursement of state funds and resources.
The meeting formed part of the United States Agency for International Development’s Accountable Democratic Institutions and Systems Strengthening Project.
It was organised under the auspices of GACC with support from Ghana Integrity Initiative and SEND Ghana, a non-governmental organisation.
The project aims to ensure increased advocacy by civil society for legislative change related to accountability.
Increased documentation and exposure of corruption through civil society reporting mechanism are the other objectives.
The Executive-Secretary enumerated various conventions ratified by Ghana to help deal with corruption, saying these should compel the nation to remain faithful in dealing with the menace without any compromises.
“It is our obligation to make corruption non-attractive by enforcing anti-corruption laws to the letter
“Law-enforcement agencies ought to do their work as expected of them without fear or favour to deepen transparent governance”, Mrs Ofori-Kwafo stated
She affirmed the GACC’s resolve to engage civil society organisations (CSOs) at the district and national levels on anti-corruption issues to facilitate sustainable development.
The meeting targeted anti-corruption organisations and agencies, the media and CSOs.Ghana must take strong stance against corruption - GACC
Mrs Linda Ofori-Kwafo, Executive-Secretary, said there is “a high perception of administrative and bureaucratic corruption in our state institutions and agencies, which needs to be tackled”.
The nation, she said, had since 1960 enacted legislations, policies and anti-corruption organisations, but little had been achieved in curbing the problem in all its forms due to the lack of commitment to implement and enforce those laws.
Mrs Ofori-Kwafo, who was addressing a zonal meeting on corruption at Akyawkrom in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality of the Ashanti Region, said it is time for the leadership and the citizenry in general tackled the issue head-on for the effective disbursement of state funds and resources.
The meeting formed part of the United States Agency for International Development’s Accountable Democratic Institutions and Systems Strengthening Project.
It was organised under the auspices of GACC with support from Ghana Integrity Initiative and SEND Ghana, a non-governmental organisation.
The project aims to ensure increased advocacy by civil society for legislative change related to accountability.
Increased documentation and exposure of corruption through civil society reporting mechanism are the other objectives.
The Executive-Secretary enumerated various conventions ratified by Ghana to help deal with corruption, saying these should compel the nation to remain faithful in dealing with the menace without any compromises.
“It is our obligation to make corruption non-attractive by enforcing anti-corruption laws to the letter
“Law-enforcement agencies ought to do their work as expected of them without fear or favour to deepen transparent governance”, Mrs Ofori-Kwafo stated
She affirmed the GACC’s resolve to engage civil society organisations (CSOs) at the district and national levels on anti-corruption issues to facilitate sustainable development.
The meeting targeted anti-corruption organisations and agencies, the media and CSOs.Ghana must take strong stance against corruption - GACC
Police escorts are
often reserved for the President, Vice President and, in some cases,
very important ministerial convoys. But it seems in Ghana today, if you
have money to bribe a police dispatch rider, you will escape the
suffocating traffic and cause more discomfort to those in it.
In this video that has gone viral, a man who bribes the police for escort is allowed to drive through a one-way street. The man, whose face is shown in the video with a number of ladies, brags about how his money has earned him a VIP treatment.
In the video he does not only defy the traffic regulations and cause discomfort to other road users but he also uses the F-word a number of times and calls other road users “nigger.” He is cheered by the ladies, whose faces are shown in the video.
“S—t, we’re buying GH!” he says.
The next time you see someone being given police escort, don’t conclude that they are important government officials. It may be an ordinary person, perhaps a lawbreaker, who has paid a police officer to help them break more laws.
Read more at: http://www.modernghana.com/news/626545/1/disgusting-video-man-bribes-police-for-escort-and-.html
In this video that has gone viral, a man who bribes the police for escort is allowed to drive through a one-way street. The man, whose face is shown in the video with a number of ladies, brags about how his money has earned him a VIP treatment.
In the video he does not only defy the traffic regulations and cause discomfort to other road users but he also uses the F-word a number of times and calls other road users “nigger.” He is cheered by the ladies, whose faces are shown in the video.
“S—t, we’re buying GH!” he says.
The next time you see someone being given police escort, don’t conclude that they are important government officials. It may be an ordinary person, perhaps a lawbreaker, who has paid a police officer to help them break more laws.
Read more at: http://www.modernghana.com/news/626545/1/disgusting-video-man-bribes-police-for-escort-and-.html
Police escorts are
often reserved for the President, Vice President and, in some cases,
very important ministerial convoys. But it seems in Ghana today, if you
have money to bribe a police dispatch rider, you will escape the
suffocating traffic and cause more discomfort to those in it.
In this video that has gone viral, a man who bribes the police for escort is allowed to drive through a one-way street. The man, whose face is shown in the video with a number of ladies, brags about how his money has earned him a VIP treatment.
In the video he does not only defy the traffic regulations and cause discomfort to other road users but he also uses the F-word a number of times and calls other road users “nigger.” He is cheered by the ladies, whose faces are shown in the video.
“S—t, we’re buying GH!” he says.
The next time you see someone being given police escort, don’t conclude that they are important government officials. It may be an ordinary person, perhaps a lawbreaker, who has paid a police officer to help them break more laws.
Read more at: http://www.modernghana.com/news/626545/1/disgusting-video-man-bribes-police-for-escort-and-.html
In this video that has gone viral, a man who bribes the police for escort is allowed to drive through a one-way street. The man, whose face is shown in the video with a number of ladies, brags about how his money has earned him a VIP treatment.
In the video he does not only defy the traffic regulations and cause discomfort to other road users but he also uses the F-word a number of times and calls other road users “nigger.” He is cheered by the ladies, whose faces are shown in the video.
“S—t, we’re buying GH!” he says.
The next time you see someone being given police escort, don’t conclude that they are important government officials. It may be an ordinary person, perhaps a lawbreaker, who has paid a police officer to help them break more laws.
Read more at: http://www.modernghana.com/news/626545/1/disgusting-video-man-bribes-police-for-escort-and-.html
Police escorts are
often reserved for the President, Vice President and, in some cases,
very important ministerial convoys. But it seems in Ghana today, if you
have money to bribe a police dispatch rider, you will escape the
suffocating traffic and cause more discomfort to those in it.
In this video that has gone viral, a man who bribes the police for escort is allowed to drive through a one-way street. The man, whose face is shown in the video with a number of ladies, brags about how his money has earned him a VIP treatment.
In the video he does not only defy the traffic regulations and cause discomfort to other road users but he also uses the F-word a number of times and calls other road users “nigger.” He is cheered by the ladies, whose faces are shown in the video.
“S—t, we’re buying GH!” he says.
The next time you see someone being given police escort, don’t conclude that they are important government officials. It may be an ordinary person, perhaps a lawbreaker, who has paid a police officer to help them break more laws.
Read more at: http://www.modernghana.com/news/626545/1/disgusting-video-man-bribes-police-for-escort-and-.html
In this video that has gone viral, a man who bribes the police for escort is allowed to drive through a one-way street. The man, whose face is shown in the video with a number of ladies, brags about how his money has earned him a VIP treatment.
In the video he does not only defy the traffic regulations and cause discomfort to other road users but he also uses the F-word a number of times and calls other road users “nigger.” He is cheered by the ladies, whose faces are shown in the video.
“S—t, we’re buying GH!” he says.
The next time you see someone being given police escort, don’t conclude that they are important government officials. It may be an ordinary person, perhaps a lawbreaker, who has paid a police officer to help them break more laws.
Read more at: http://www.modernghana.com/news/626545/1/disgusting-video-man-bribes-police-for-escort-and-.html
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