{"id":139114,"date":"2024-01-15T10:42:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T10:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/15\/corruption-is-all-over-the-world-not-just-in-ghana-freddie-blay\/"},"modified":"2024-01-15T10:42:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T10:42:29","slug":"corruption-is-all-over-the-world-not-just-in-ghana-freddie-blay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/15\/corruption-is-all-over-the-world-not-just-in-ghana-freddie-blay\/","title":{"rendered":"Corruption is all over the world, not just in Ghana &#8211; Freddie Blay"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                        \n\n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A former National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay, has remarked that Ghana is not the only country grappling with corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Board Chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) insisted that corruption is a global issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to him, it is affecting every country, and efforts are made worldwide to minimise its occurrence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While acknowledging that corruption hinders the economic progress of the country, he emphasised that completely eradicating it may be an unrealistic goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking in an interview with TV3 on Sunday, January 14, Blay, however, commended the initiatives of the Akufo-Addo government aimed at mitigating the impact of corruption.<gwmw style=\"display:none;\"\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI did say that corruption is a canker, it eats. 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