{"id":450240,"date":"2017-12-26T16:13:28","date_gmt":"2017-12-26T16:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/26\/palmer-buckle-laments-deepening-culture-of-corruption\/"},"modified":"2017-12-26T16:13:28","modified_gmt":"2017-12-26T16:13:28","slug":"palmer-buckle-laments-deepening-culture-of-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/26\/palmer-buckle-laments-deepening-culture-of-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Palmer-Buckle laments deepening culture of corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 26 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-26<\/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\/87115679.295.jpg\" alt=\"Holy Spirit Cathedral Archbishop Palmer Buckle\" title=\"Holy Spirit Cathedral Archbishop Palmer Buckle\" width=\"295\" height=\"357\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Charles Palmer-Buckle, Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra<\/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\/1514304808_69_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, Charles Palmer-Buckle, says corruption is rife in the Ghanaian system urging the prosecution of persons engaged in the act.<\/p>\n<p>He charged all Ghanaians to put their shoulders to the wheel to eliminate the canker.<\/p>\n<p>According to the man of God, corruption in the country does not only happen in political circles but has rather become an \u201ca Ghanaian thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have almost come to the point of accepting corruption as a culture. It is not a culture, it is very wrong,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, the founding president of think tank, IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, Franklin Cudjoe, called on President Akufo-Addo to rid his government of festering corruption perception.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that such heightening corruption perception about the current administration may prove worrisome if pragmatic measures are not put in place immediately to correct it.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the impression of corruption against the President and his appointees, especially when the President had promised to protect the public purse, may sink the government eventually.<\/p>\n<p>To this and more, Rev Palmer-Buckle said the country needs to do a lot of work to uproot the phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll those getting involved or have been involved in corrupt practices if found out must be brought before the law for the law to take its course,\u201d he said<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 62 updated by: 62 --><\/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 Tuesday, 26 December 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-12-26 Charles Palmer-Buckle, Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra The Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, Charles Palmer-Buckle, says corruption is rife in the Ghanaian system urging the prosecution of persons engaged in the act. 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