The massive exposition of corrupt practices and abuses in the
cocoa industry, the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, Osu Children’s Home
and lately the Tema Port must be appreciated, Mr Richard Quayson,
Deputy Director of the Commission said.
He was addressing participants at the Brong-Ahafo Regional
Consultative Workshop on the National Anti-corruption Action Plan in
Sunyani. Mr Quayson said corruption was a threat to moral, political,
economic and social well-being of Ghanaians and efforts should be made
by all and sundry to clamp down on the menace. “We are faced with a situation where corruption is increasingly becoming the norm of the day and we seem to be far from winning the fight against it,” he stated.
Mr Quayson observed that the country had failed to fight
corruption because of inadequate political commitment and it behoved
on the citizenry to contribute their quota. He said the media played a critical role in fighting corruption and appealed to practitioners to work hard in holding duty bearers accountable.
Mr Eric Opoku, Deputy Regional Minister, noted that award
creation and public participation could also help to curb corruption. He said the government, recognising the destructive effect of
corruption in the achievement of the “better Ghana agenda,” would do
everything possible to support efforts at curbing the menace. “Corruption if not checked has the tendency to erode the
fundamental of Ghana’s democratic principles, undermine the rule of
law, transparency and democratic accountability,” Mr Opoku stated.
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