{"id":2343,"date":"2019-08-31T12:54:47","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T12:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=2343"},"modified":"2019-08-31T12:56:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T12:56:15","slug":"ghanaians-are-generally-not-corrupt-manasseh-azure-awuni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghanaians-are-generally-not-corrupt-manasseh-azure-awuni","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaians are generally not CORRUPT \u2013 Manasseh Azure Awuni  \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Celebrated investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has argued that Ghanaians as a whole are not corrupt contrary to an erroneous impression held many.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on JoyFM\u2019s Ghana Connect Friday on whether or not Ghanaians are inherently corrupt, Manasseh who has uncovered massive corruption in successive governments, maintains that most Ghanaians are not inherently corrupt but, are victims of corruption because the system rewards corruption and punishes those who try to avoid it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026you find people who ordinarily will not be corrupt, but they are forced to. So generally I don\u2019t agree that Ghanaians in general are corrupt. Maybe a percentage of us may be corrupt, but not all of us. And that percentage for me is even minute,\u201d Manasseh argued.<\/p>\n<p>Other panelists however disagreed, stressing that Ghanaians are inherently and will promptly engage in corruption at the least opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana has had countless stories of corruption scandals since it gained independence in 1957, with each regime recording its own set of scandals.<\/p>\n<p>Recent reports of alleged corruption at the Public Procurement Authority( PPA) involving its Chief Executive Officer( CEO), Adjei Boateng Adjei \u00a0has sparked discussions on whether or not Ghanaians are by nature corrupt.<\/p>\n<p>A documentary by \u00a0Manasseh \u00a0titled \u201cContracts for Sale\u201d premiered last Wednesday captured the PPA Boss\u2019 own company under the name Talent Discovery Limited incorporated in June 2017 which has won a number of government contracts through restrictive tendering.<\/p>\n<p>From excerpts of the 46-minute documentary, it also emerged that the company was engaged in the sale of contracts and was ready to sell one worth a \u00a222.3 million to a non-existent entity during undercover investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrated investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has argued that Ghanaians as a whole are not corrupt contrary to an erroneous impression held many. 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