By
Isaac Arkoh/Nana Oye Gyimah, GNA
Nwomaso (C/R), Oct. 7, GNA – The National
Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) said the fight against corruption must
begin from the home and urged parents to lead by resolving to be incorruptible
and good role models to their children.
“This will give you the moral urge to
effectively educate your children on the dangers of corruption while
inculcating in them good values that include sincerity, truthfulness, integrity
and self-discipline to significantly reduce corruption.”
Mrs Marian Ansah, the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa
(AOB) District Director of the Commission, said this at a community
sensitisation durbar at Nwomaso, near Breman-Asikuma, to educate the people on
their role in fighting corruption under the Accountability, Rule of Law and
Anti-Corruption Programme (ARAP), supported by the European Union.
It aims at using Good Governance to reduce
corruption and improve social accountability.
Mrs Ansah said the good examples set by
parents could trickle down to their children who could influence their peers in
school to become incorruptible in future.
“Focusing on the present generation alone is
a wrong approach to fighting corruption. Parents, the family and school,
regarded as key agents of socialization, must lead the crusade against the
social canker to sustain gains,” she said.
She called on every Ghanaian to play a
positive role to ensure a corruption-free nation for rapid socio-economic
development.
Mrs Ansah said acts such as tipping a health
worker to be attended to before others, forcing to get admission for children
who did not qualify, employing people based on relations and friendship and
acquiring driver’s license illegally, were some of the corrupt practices
citizens engaged in.
Also the embezzlement of state funds meant
for providing educational infrastructure, good roads and health facilities,
among other social amenities impede growth and must be discouraged, she said.
Touching on whistle blowing, Mr Samuel
Donkoh, the District Director of the Commission on Human Rights and
Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), reiterated the urgent need for individuals to
report crimes and injustices to the security agencies or the Commission for
redress.
He assured of maximum protection for whistle
blowers, who would also be rewarded as provided for in the Whistle Blowers Act.
Mr Emmanuel Baah, the District Police
Commander, advocated for the formation of community watch-dogs and
intensification of civic education in schools to inculcate in children the
spirit of patriotism to help wipe-out corruption and other crimes.
GNA
