{"id":445493,"date":"2017-12-10T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T09:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/10\/ghana-not-serious-in-corruption-fight-vitus-azeem\/"},"modified":"2017-12-10T09:00:36","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T09:00:36","slug":"ghana-not-serious-in-corruption-fight-vitus-azeem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/10\/ghana-not-serious-in-corruption-fight-vitus-azeem\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana not serious in corruption fight &#8211; Vitus Azeem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Sunday, 10 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-10<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/54045089.295.jpg\" alt=\"Vitus Azeem GII Boss\" title=\"Vitus Azeem GII Boss\" width=\"295\" height=\"243\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Vitus Azeem, Anti-Corruption Campaigner<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512896436_409_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> An Anti-Corruption Campaigner, Vitus Azeem, says Ghana is trailing compared to other countries in fight against corruption because of weak leadership and the lack of political will.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, aside the series of news items highlighting allegations of corruption, successive governments have not done enough to fight the canker.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with Class News\u2019 Blessed Sogah, he added that most Ghanaians expect favours from relatives and friends in authority, and that together with some political issues have rendered corruption normal in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, believes with a strong leadership and solid political will to fight the menace, the country can overcome corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far we have not been doing well\u2026there isn\u2019t any evidence that we are doing well in the fight against corruption,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>For him, Ghana is \u201cnot succeeding\u201d and it appears that \u201cwe are not serious about the fight against corruption\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has urged government to cut down on budgetary allocations to Agencies failing to implement the National Anti-Corruption Action Plan.<\/p>\n<p>According to CHRAJ Boss, Joseph Wittal, having a sanction regime in place could be a sure way of ensuring compliance.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 33 updated by: 33 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Sunday, 10 December 2017 Source: classfmonline.com 2017-12-10 Vitus Azeem, Anti-Corruption Campaigner An Anti-Corruption Campaigner, Vitus Azeem, says Ghana is trailing compared to other countries in fight against corruption because of weak leadership and the lack of political will. 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