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Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Information Minister-designate, Fatimatu Abubakar has called for support for the institutions that have been set up with the mandate of fighting corruption.<\/b><\/p>\n

She said institutions including the Economic and Organised Crime Ofice (EOCO), the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), and The Office of the Special Prospector have all been created to fight corruption. These institutions must be supported.<\/p>\n

Speaking in an interview , she said \u201cThe perception has not improved but it is not the reflection that over the period we have deteriorated. When we talk about the fight against corruption, let us not make it as if the president is the complainant, he is the judge, he is the prosecutor, he is everything like we are in a dictatorship, he can just say \u2018I heard this person collecting bribe or gave bribe and I have taken the laws into my own hands\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe work within a democracy and one characteristic is that we have institutions, the constitution has mandated institutions like CHRAJ, to deal with complaints, and we have the Special Prosecutor\u2019s office which the president himself set up, advocated for, and has provided bursary support for the fight against corruption, we have the CID of the Police, we have EOCO.<\/p>\n

\u201cCollectively as a country, we should encourage and empower those institutions to act without fear or favour.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the fourth consecutive year, \u201cGhana scored 43 out of a clean score of 100 and ranked 70th out of 180 countries and territories included in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2023 released on 30th January 2024 by Transparency International (TI). This marks the fourth consecutive year of stagnation in Ghana\u2019s anti-corruption efforts, as indicated by the CPI.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ghana\u2019s deteriorating justice system which is compromising accountability to grant public officials the liberty to thrive in corrupt activities, according to Transparency International, is the reason for the country\u2019s continuous stagnation.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnder the theme for the CPI 2023 \u2013 Corruption and Justice, Ghana\u2019s stagnated score highlights a global trend of deteriorating justice systems, which is reducing the accountability of public officials and therefore allowing corruption to thrive.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe connection is reinforced by Ghana\u2019s performance in the Rule of Law Index produced by the World Justice Project, which demonstrates a concerning decline. In the 2015 Rule of Law Index, Ghana scored 0.60 and ranked 34, but by 2023, Ghana\u2019s score had decreased to 0.55, with a corresponding drop in ranking to 61.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Ghana Integrity Initiative is therefore recommending to Parliament to lay the Conduct of Public Officers\u2019 Bill to situate the asset declaration at a position where verification would become compulsory, defining severe punishment for non-compliance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Executive should urgently take steps to lay the Conduct of Public Officers\u2019 Bill in Parliament ensuring that provisions on assets declaration require verification and come with severe sanctions for non-compliance while GII also calls on the Legislature to attach an equal level of urgency to its timely passage. The Executive and the Legislature must take steps to bridge the legal gaps necessary for the prosecution of selected corruption cases outside our current legal framework,\u201d the GII recommended.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Ghana. Information Minister-designate, Fatimatu Abubakar has called for support for the institutions that have been set up with the mandate of fighting corruption. 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