{"id":449054,"date":"2017-12-21T15:31:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T15:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/corrupt-public-officials-should-not-be-treated-like-human-beings-captain-smart\/"},"modified":"2017-12-21T15:31:58","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T15:31:58","slug":"corrupt-public-officials-should-not-be-treated-like-human-beings-captain-smart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/corrupt-public-officials-should-not-be-treated-like-human-beings-captain-smart\/","title":{"rendered":"Corrupt public officials should not be treated like human beings &#8211; Captain Smart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday, 21 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-21<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/28297880.295.jpg\" alt=\"Captain Smart\" title=\"Captain Smart\" width=\"295\" height=\"165\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Captain Smart<\/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=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513870318_238_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Host of Adom FM\u2019s \u2018Dwaso Nsem\u2019, Captain Smart says public officials who are found to have engaged in corrupt practices should be treated as \u2018thieves\u2019 and declared persona non-grata.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with journalists after an event by the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) dubbed \u201cCorruption Watch\u201d, the anti-corruption campaigner noted that corruption is derailing the progress of the country and that people found culpable should not be \u201ctreated like human beings\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Smart bemoaned the lukewarm attitude attached to corruption cases involving public officials and called for more drastic and stiffer punishments to serve as a deterrent to others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorruption is actually one of the things killing this country and the continent. We have the resources to develop, but stealing of state properties and state funds is what is killing us now. I don\u2019t think corrupt officials should be treated as human beings. Why should someone steal one million, two million, or three million? Something must be done and very soon that will be happen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Corruption Watch is an initiative by the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), and a coalition of anti-corruption civil society organizations including; Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) and Africa Centre for International Law and Accountability (ACILA).<\/p>\n<p>The program forms part of the CDD\u2019s quest to fight public corruption and promote integrity in public life by demanding and activating the responsiveness of all actors in the anti-corruption space. 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