Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says the government is fighting corruption through a mix of carefully thought-out measures and the strengthening of the state anti-corruption institutions.
“Corruption thrives in the very nature of the society that is full of darkness, and because there is darkness, so much is hidden.
You cannot tell who is who, and where you cannot tell even the identity of a person, then corruption can thrive.”
He said it was for this reason that they were doing everything to bring about transparency to the system, “to shine a light on the problems that we have been facing, and therefore the introduction of digitization, which is shining a light on the darkness of bribery and corruption.
We are trying to put systems in place by identifying everybody uniquely with the issuance of the Ghana Card.
When we came into office, only four per cent of the adult population in the country was registered for taxes, and when we made the Ghana Card number, the tax identification number, together with the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) number and National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) number, among others, the total of the adult population with tax identification numbers has gone up from four per cent to 85 per cent.”
They have put in place systems that are helping to remove the payment of bribes and corruption in the provision of public services.
He said the digitization of the economy – ports, the Ghana Card, Passport Office, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), SSNIT, NHIS, Lands Commission, Ghana Government platform, and others were evidence of their commitment to fighting corruption.
These digitization efforts have reduced, and in some cases, eliminated bribery and corruption in the provision of public services.
He called for everybody to find space – to play their part in the fight to bring down corruption.
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